A vulnerability has been identified in RSA BSAFE Crypto-C and Cert-C libraries, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error when parsing malformed Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) objects, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an application linked against a vulnerable library, creating a denial of service condition.
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Vulnerability reported by US-CERT
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2007-05-22 : Initial release
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