CVE-2018-6003 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-6003: An issue was discovered in the _asn1_decode_simple_ber function in decoding.c in GNU Libtasn1 before 4.13. Unlimited recursion in the BER decoder leads to stack exhaustion and DoS.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-6003 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libtasn1-6→ fixed in4.13-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libtasn1-6
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libtasn1-6→ fixed in4.13-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libtasn1-6
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libtasn1-6→ fixed in4.13-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libtasn1-6
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

libtasn1→ fixed in4.13-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade libtasn1

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

libtasn1→ fixed in4.13-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade libtasn1

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

libtasn1→ fixed in4.13-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade libtasn1

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

libtasn1→ fixed in4.13-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade libtasn1

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

libtasn1→ fixed in4.13-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade libtasn1

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