CVE-2014-3469: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) asn1_read_value_type and (2) asn1_read_value functions in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a NULL value in an ivalue argument.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• GNU Gnutls: before 3.5.7 (fixed in 3.5.7)
• GNU LIBTASN1: before 3.6 (fixed in 3.6)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 6.5 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 6.5 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 6.5 only; version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 5.0 only; version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Virtualization: version 6.0 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 11 only

Published 2014-06-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.