{"id":"USN-2979-3","summary":"linux-raspi2 vulnerability","details":"Philip Pettersson discovered that the Linux kernel's ASN.1 DER decoder did\nnot properly process certificate files with tags of indefinite length. A\nlocal unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service\n(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative\nprivileges.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:59Z","published":"2016-05-16T19:01:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0758"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-0758","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0758"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2979-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0758"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux-raspi2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-raspi2@4.4.0-1010.13?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.0-1010.13"}]}],"versions":["4.2.0-1013.19","4.2.0-1014.21","4.3.0-1006.6","4.4.0-1003.4","4.4.0-1004.5","4.4.0-1009.10","4.4.0-1010.12"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.4.0-1010.13","binary_name":"linux-headers-4.4.0-1010-raspi2"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-1010.13","binary_name":"linux-image-4.4.0-1010-raspi2"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-1010.13","binary_name":"linux-raspi2-headers-4.4.0-1010"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-1010.13","binary_name":"linux-raspi2-tools-4.4.0-1010"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-1010.13","binary_name":"linux-tools-4.4.0-1010-raspi2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-0758"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2979-3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}