Medium

Libtasn1: inefficient der decoding in libtasn1 leading to potential remote dos

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A flaw in libtasn1 causes inefficient handling of specific certificate data. When processing a large number of elements in a certificate, libtasn1 takes much longer than expected, which can slow down or even crash the system. This flaw allows an attacker to send a specially crafted certificate, causing a denial of service attack.

Announced 10 Feb 2025Source revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2024-12133

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2024-12133

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/14/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/15/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/16/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/17/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/18/product

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Red Hat Discovery 1.14

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/19/product

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Red Hat Discovery 1.14

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/20/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/21/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/22/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/23/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/24/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-12133
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #52421 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:44:31 GMT
Publisher date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:28:03 GMT

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