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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130038
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0349)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libidn' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0349 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libidn' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0349 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated libidn packages fix security vulnerability:

In libidn before 1.31, stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 did not validate that the input
UTF-8 string was actually valid UTF-8, which could lead to out-of-bounds
reads (CVE-2015-2059).

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-2059
BugTraq ID: 72736
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72736
Debian Security Information: DSA-3578 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3578
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162549.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162537.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/25
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1261 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00042.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
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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