INFSA-2025:7077: libtasn1 security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2025:7077

Type: security

Release date: 2025-06-10 11:46:19 UTC

Information about package

A library that provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1, as specified by the X.680 ITU-T recommendation) parsing and structures management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER, as per X.690) encoding and decoding functions.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-12133

    A flaw in libtasn1 causes inefficient handling of specific certificate data. When processing a large number of elements in a certificate, libtasn1 takes much longer than expected, which can slow down or even crash the system. This flaw allows an attacker to send a specially crafted certificate, causing a denial of service attack.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 5.3 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

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