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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2016.0269
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0269)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libidn' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0269 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libidn' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0269 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Out-of-bounds stack read in libidn before 1.33 in idna_to_ascii_4i
(CVE-2016-6261).

Out-of-bounds-read in libidn when reading one zero byte as input
(CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6262).

In libidn before 1.33, stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize would crash when
presented with invalid UTF-8 (CVE-2016-6263).

Affected Software/OS:
'libidn' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8948
BugTraq ID: 92070
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070
Debian Security Information: DSA-3658 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1924 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2135 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6261
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2015-07/msg00016.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6262
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6263
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
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