Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2016.0170
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0170)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtasn1' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0170 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libtasn1' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0170 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated libtasn1 packages fix security vulnerability: Pascal Cuoq and Miod Vallat discovered that Libtasn1 incorrectly handled certain malformed DER certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications using Libtasn1 to hang, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2016-4008). Affected Software/OS: 'libtasn1' package(s) on Mageia 5. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4008 Debian Security Information: DSA-3568 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3568 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182299.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182907.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183221.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-05 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libtasn1/2016-04/msg00009.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/11/3 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1567 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00047.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1674 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00097.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2957-2
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