{"id":"MGASA-2016-0170","summary":"Updated libtasn1 package fixes security vulnerability","details":"Updated libtasn1 packages fix security vulnerability:\nPascal Cuoq and Miod Vallat discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled\ncertain malformed DER certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause applications using Libtasn1 to hang, resulting in a\ndenial of service (CVE-2016-4008).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:40.084816244Z","published":"2016-05-11T19:27:24Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-4008"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0170.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18204"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2957-1/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libtasn1","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libtasn1?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2-4.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0170.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}