# CVE-2008-1673: The asn1 implementation in (a) the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.6 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.5, as used in the cifs and ip\_nat\_snmp\_basic modul

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-06-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The asn1 implementation in (a) the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.6 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.5, as used in the cifs and ip_nat_snmp_basic modules; and (b) the gxsnmp package; does not properly validate length values during decoding of ASN.1 BER data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) a length greater than the working buffer, which can lead to an unspecified overflow; (2) an oid length of zero, which can lead to an off-by-one error; or (3) an indefinite length for a primitive encoding.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30000
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30658
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0189
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29589
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ddb2c43594f22843e9f3153da151deaba1a834c5
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00587.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32104
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30580
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493300/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42921
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30644
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:113
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020210
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.5

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