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SUSE: CVE-2016-4574: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-4574: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/13/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Off-by-one error in the append_utf8_value function in the DN decoder (dn.c) in Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via invalid utf-8 encoded data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libksba
  • suse-upgrade-libksba-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libksba8
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:1509-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1510-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • USN-2982-1
  • CVE-2016-4574

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