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Medium ALSA-2023:0116 1 CVE

Moderate: libtasn1 security update

Published Jan 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

A library that provides Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1, as specified by the X.680 ITU-T recommendation) parsing and structures management, and Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER, as per X.690) encoding and decoding functions.

Security Fix(es):

* libtasn1: Out-of-bound access in ETYPE_OK (CVE-2021-46848)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libtasn1 4.13-4.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 libtasn1-devel 4.13-4.el8_7
AlmaLinux · 8 libtasn1-tools 4.13-4.el8_7

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46848
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2140058
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0116.html