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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201408-09
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: GNU Libtasn1: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: August 29, 2014
     Bugs: #511536
       ID: 201408-09

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1, the
worse of which can allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a Denial
of Service condition.

Background
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The ASN.1 library used in GNUTLS.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-libs/libtasn1             < 3.6                       >= 3.6

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU Libtasn1. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A context-dependent attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service
condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GNU Libtasn1 users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libtasn1-3.6"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these
packages.

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3467
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3467
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-3468
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3468
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-3469
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3469

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-09.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5