{"id":"USN-2559-1","summary":"libtasn1-3, libtasn1-6 vulnerability","details":"Hanno Böck discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 data.\nA remote attacker could possibly exploit this with specially crafted ASN.1\ndata and cause applications using Libtasn1 to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:10:29.833352Z","published":"2015-04-08T14:32:10Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2806"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-2806","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2806"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2559-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2806"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libtasn1-6","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6@3.4-3ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4-3ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["3.3-2","3.4-2","3.4-3","3.4-3ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libtasn1-3-bin","binary_version":"3.4-3ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"libtasn1-6","binary_version":"3.4-3ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"libtasn1-bin","binary_version":"3.4-3ubuntu0.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-2806","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2559-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}