CVE-2016-4355 Integer overflow in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted BER data exploiting integer overflows in Libksba, leading to a crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-4355?

CVE-2016-4355 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jun 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in ber-decoder.c in Libksba before 1.3.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted BER data, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4355?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnupg Libksba.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4355?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-4355 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4355 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4355, GHSA-9fcx-ch52-32jj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4355.

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