Denial of Service Vulnerability in GNU Libtasn1

CVE-2016-4008 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The _asn1_extract_der_octet function in lib/decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.8, when used without the ASN1_DECODE_FLAG_STRICT_DER flag, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted certificate.

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