{"id":"USN-2957-1","summary":"libtasn1-3, libtasn1-6 vulnerability","details":"Pascal 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.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:24:24.408260Z","published":"2016-05-02T16:46:07Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4008"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-4008","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4008"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2957-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4008"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libtasn1-6","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libtasn1-6@3.4-3ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4-3ubuntu0.4"}]}],"versions":["3.3-2","3.4-2","3.4-3","3.4-3ubuntu0.1","3.4-3ubuntu0.2","3.4-3ubuntu0.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libtasn1-3-bin","binary_version":"3.4-3ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"libtasn1-6","binary_version":"3.4-3ubuntu0.4"},{"binary_name":"libtasn1-bin","binary_version":"3.4-3ubuntu0.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2957-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-4008"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}