CVE-2016-4579 Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to
High 7.5
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Check this codebase for CVE-2016-4579 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-4579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jun 2016.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4579/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-4579?
CVE-2016-4579 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jun 2016.
Official description
Libksba before 1.3.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via unspecified vectors, related to the "returned length of the object from _ksba_ber_parse_tl."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4579?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnupg Libksba, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4579?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-4579 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4579 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4579, DLA-470-1, GHSA-rjw4-277h-vv44, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4579.