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cve: "CVE-2017-6891"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "5.6%"
vendor: "Flexera Software LLC"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2017-05-22 19:29:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-08T10:26:15+02:00"
---

# CVE-2017-6891

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

Two errors in the "asn1_find_node()" function (lib/parser_aux.c) within GnuTLS libtasn1 version 4.10 can be exploited to cause a stacked-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted assignments file via the e.g. asn1Coding utility.

## Referenzen

- <https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-11>
- <http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3861>
- <https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/76125/>
- <https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2017-11/>
- <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libtasn1.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5520704d075802df25ce4ffccc010ba1641bd484>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98641>
- <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038619>
- <http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00018.html>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E>
- <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2017-6891) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_