Explain CVE-2006-0645
Tiny ASN.1 Library (libtasn1) before 0.2.18, as used by (1) GnuTLS 1.2.x before 1.2.10 and 1.3.x before 1.3.4, and (2) GNU Shishi, allows attackers to crash the DER decoder and possibly execute arbitrary code via "out-of-bounds access" caused by invalid input, as demonstrated by the ProtoVer SSL test suite.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '2006-0008', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_TRUSTIX'], 'url': 'http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0008'}, {'name': '18815', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18815'}, {'name': '446', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SREASON'], 'url': 'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/446'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2006-107', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00043.html'}, {'name': '19092', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19092'}, {'name': '1015612', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1015612'}, {'name': '23054', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://www.osvdb.org/23054'}, {'name': '18794', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18794'}, {'name': '18918', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18918'}, {'name': 'MDKSA-2006:039', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:039'}, {'name': '18830', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18830'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10540', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10540'}, {'name': '[gnutls-dev] 20060209 GnuTLS 1.2.10 - Security release', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-February/001059.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2006:0207', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0207.html'}, {'name': '[gnutls-dev] 20060209 Libtasn1 0.2.18 - Tiny ASN.1 Library - Security release', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-February/001058.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-986', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-986'}, {'name': 'DSA-985', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-985'}, {'name': 'ADV-2006-0496', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0496'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://josefsson.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/libtasn1/NEWS?root=gnupg-mirror&view=markup'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200602-08', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-08.xml'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.gleg.net/protover_ssl.shtml'}, {'name': 'gnutls-libtasn1-der-dos(24606)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24606'}, {'name': '[gnutls-dev] 20060209 GnuTLS 1.3.4 - Experimental - Security release', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnutls-dev/2006-February/001060.html'}, {'name': '16568', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16568'}, {'name': '18832', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18832'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://josefsson.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gnutls/tests/certder.c?view=markup'}, {'name': 'USN-251-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/251-1/'}, {'name': '19080', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/19080'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://josefsson.org/gnutls/releases/libtasn1/libtasn1-0.2.18-from-0.2.17.patch'}, {'name': '20060209 ProtoVer SSL: GnuTLS', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424538/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '18898', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/18898'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED