CVE-2016-4579
libksba - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
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."
How to fix CVE-2016-4579
To remediate CVE-2016-4579, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libksba—upgrade to 1.3.4-3 or later
- —upgrade to 1.2.0-2+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2016-4579 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.3.4-3
- from 0, < 1.2.0-2+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |