GnuTLS Libtasn1 ASN.1 DER Infinite Loop Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-4008)
Publish date: January 11, 2017
Severity: CRITICAL
DESCRIPTION
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in libtasn1, a component of GnuTLS. The vulnerability is due to a flaw in parsing ASN.1 data that causes libtasn1 to enter an infinite loop when processing a specially crafted DER-encoded input. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability in GnuTLS by sending a crafted ASN.1 certificate to a target application. Successful exploitation may result in a denial-of-service condition.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1008088
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