| Secunia ID |
SA48505
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| CVE-ID |
CVE-2012-1569
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| Release Date |
26 Mar 2012
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| Criticality |
Highly Critical
Typically used for remotely exploitable vulnerabilities that can lead to system compromise. Successful exploitation does not normally require any interaction but there are no known exploits available at the time of disclosure.
Such vulnerabilities can exist in services like FTP, HTTP, and SMTP or in client systems like email programs or browsers.
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| Solution Status |
Vendor Patch
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| Where |
From remote
"From remote" describes other vulnerabilities where the attack vector doesn't require access to the system or a local network.
This category covers services that are acceptable to expose to the Internet (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP). It also covers client applications used on the Internet and certain vulnerabilities where it is reasonable to assume that a security conscious user can be tricked into performing certain actions.
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| Impact |
DoS (Denial of Service)
This includes vulnerabilities ranging from excessive resource consumption (e.g. causing a system to use a lot of memory) to crashing an application or an entire system.
System access
This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.
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| Description |
Debian has issued an update for libtasn1-3. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library. For more information: SA48397
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| Solution |
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.
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| Original Advisory |
DSA-2440-1: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2440
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