CVE-2016-4353

Publication date 29 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

ber-decoder.c in Libksba before 1.3.3 does not properly handle decoder stack overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via crafted BER data.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libksba 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.2.0-2ubuntu0.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libksba

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H