vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-2982-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-2982-1",
  "summary": "libksba vulnerabilities",
  "details": "Hanno B\u00f6ck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled decoding certain BER\ndata. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4353)\n\nHanno B\u00f6ck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled decoding certain BER\ndata. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only\napplied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4354,\nCVE-2016-4355)\n\nHanno B\u00f6ck discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled incorrect utf-8\nstrings when decoding certain DN data. An attacker could use this issue to\ncause Libksba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4356)\n\nPascal Cuoq discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled incorrect utf-8\nstrings when decoding certain DN data. An attacker could use this issue to\ncause Libksba to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4574)\n\nPascal Cuoq discovered that Libksba incorrectly handled decoding certain\ndata. An attacker could use this issue to cause Libksba to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4579)\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4353",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4354",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4355",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4356",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4574",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4579"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2016-05-17T15:34:41Z",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libksba",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libksba@1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.3.0-2",
        "1.3.0-2ubuntu1",
        "1.3.0-3",
        "1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libksba8",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-3ubuntu0.14.04.2"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4353",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4354",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4355",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4356",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4574",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4579",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libksba",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libksba@1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.3.3-1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libksba8",
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.16.04.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4574",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-4579",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2982-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4353"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4354"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4355"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4356"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4574"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4579"
    }
  ]
}