GLSA 201408-09: GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/29/2014
Bugs:	#511536
ID:	201408-09

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1, the worse of which can allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The ASN.1 library used in GNUTLS.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/libtasn1	< 3.6	>= 3.6	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Libtasn1 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libtasn1-3.6"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.