ALPINE-CVE-2017-6891

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CVE-2017-6891
Published: 22 May 2017, 19:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 May 2017, 19:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•libtasn1

    < 4.7-r2 | < 4.8-r1 | < 4.9-r1 | < 4.10-r1

References (1)