Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703578
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 3578-1 (libidn - security update)
Summary:	It was discovered that libidn, the GNU;library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), did not correctly handle invalid;UTF-8 input, causing an out-of-bounds read. This could allow attackers to disclose;sensitive information from an application using the libidn library.
Description:	Summary: It was discovered that libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), did not correctly handle invalid UTF-8 input, causing an out-of-bounds read. This could allow attackers to disclose sensitive information from an application using the libidn library. Affected Software/OS: libidn on Debian Linux Solution: For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.29-1+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.31-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.31-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libidn packages. 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
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