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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2294-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2294-1
Posted Jul 22, 2014
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2294-1 - It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 data structures. An attacker could exploit this with specially crafted ASN.1 data and cause applications using Libtasn1 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled negative bit lengths. An attacker could exploit this with specially crafted ASN.1 data and cause applications using Libtasn1 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2014-3467, CVE-2014-3468, CVE-2014-3469
SHA-256 | a15de4c2e04bfec1afe8e723c19c93779c39f5421110554b9e8dd54be15fa159

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2294-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2294-1
July 22, 2014

libtasn1-3, libtasn1-6 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
processed specially crafted data.

Software Description:
- libtasn1-6: Library to manage ASN.1 structures
- libtasn1-3: Library to manage ASN.1 structures

Details:

It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 data
structures. An attacker could exploit this with specially crafted ASN.1
data and cause applications using Libtasn1 to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-3467)

It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled negative bit lengths.
An attacker could exploit this with specially crafted ASN.1 data and cause
applications using Libtasn1 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3468)

It was discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 data. An
attacker could exploit this with specially crafted ASN.1 data and cause
applications using Libtasn1 to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-3469)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libtasn1-6 3.4-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libtasn1-3 2.10-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libtasn1-3 2.4-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2294-1
CVE-2014-3467, CVE-2014-3468, CVE-2014-3469

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtasn1-6/3.4-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtasn1-3/2.10-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtasn1-3/2.4-1ubuntu0.2
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