Out-of-Bounds Read

2019-06-0303:20:17

Veracode Vulnerability Database

sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com

EPSS

0.017

Percentile

87.9%

JSON

libksba.so is vulnerable to out-of-bounds read. Failure to check the length of buffer in the _ksba_ber_parse_tl function causes a buffer overflow, allowing it to read memory locations outside of the buffer and crashing an application.

References

git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git;a=commit;h=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00028.html

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/8

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/10

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2982-1

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335396

git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libksba.git;a=blobdiff;f=src/ber-help.c;h=87109f3642c4bae6e65ec8906faf3f43273adb4d;hp=f6a66923ea21785f5f521cb19b1f1e81aa04a89c;hb=a7eed17a0b2a1c09ef986f3b4b323cd31cea2b64;hpb=3d968bbffc3a0acda890e342fbbfa5b34a26085e

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-22