CVE-2014-3468 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3468?

CVE-2014-3468 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The asn1_get_bit_der function in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 does not properly report an error when a negative bit length is identified, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause out-of-bounds access via crafted ASN.1 data.

Weakness: CWE-131

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3468?

It affects 15 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, F5 Arx Firmware, Gnu Gnutls, Gnu Libtasn1, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3468?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-3468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3468, GHSA-qg3j-x87h-jwjm, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3468.