CVE-2017-6891

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 21% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: May 22, 2017 (3279 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

CWE

CWE-787

Affected Products

gnu libtasn1debian debian linuxapache bookkeeper

References

🔗 git.savannah.gnu.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 www.debian.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com