cve/2017/CVE-2017-10790.md

### [CVE-2017-10790](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10790)
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### Description

The _asn1_check_identifier function in GNU Libtasn1 through 4.12 causes a NULL pointer dereference and crash when reading crafted input that triggers assignment of a NULL value within an asn1_node structure. It may lead to a remote denial of service attack.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464141

#### Github
- https://github.com/garethr/findcve
- https://github.com/heathd/alpine-scan