Debian Security Advisory
DLA-3263-1 libtasn1-6 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 09 Jan 2023
- Affected Packages:
- libtasn1-6
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-46848.
- More information:
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It was discovered that there was an off-by-one array size issue in libtasn1-6, a library to manage the generic ASN.1 data structure.
- CVE-2021-46848
GNU Libtasn1 before 4.19.0 has an ETYPE_OK off-by-one array size check that affects asn1_encode_simple_der.
For Debian 10
Buster
, this problem has been fixed in version 4.13-3+deb10u1.We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-6 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2021-46848