Debian Security Advisory DSA 3056-1 (libtasn1-3 - security update)

Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libtasn1-3, a library that manages ASN1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) structures. An attacker could use those to cause a denial-of-service via out-of-bounds access or NULL pointer dereference.
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.13-2+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-3 packages.
Insight
Manage ASN1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) structures. The main features of this library are: * on-line ASN1 structure management that doesn't require any C code file generation. * off-line ASN1 structure management with C code file generation containing an array. * DER (Distinguish Encoding Rules) encoding * no limits for INTEGER and ENUMERATED values
Affected
libtasn1-3 on Debian Linux
Detection
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
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