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Posted on 10 February 2025
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5863-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
February 10, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libtasn1-6
CVE ID : CVE-2024-12133
Debian Bug : 1095406
Bing Shi reported a flaw in Libtasn1, a library to manage ASN.1
structures. Inefficient processing of input DER data containing a large
number of SEQUENCE OF or SET OF elements, may result in a denial of
service.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.19.0-2+deb12u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-6 packages.
For the detailed security status of libtasn1-6 please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libtasn1-6
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
