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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703988
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3988-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libidn2-0' package(s) announced via the DSA-3988-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libidn2-0' package(s) announced via the DSA-3988-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An integer overflow vulnerability was discovered in decode_digit() in libidn2-0, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service against an application using the library (application crash).

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.10-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.16-1+deb9u1.

For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.2-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.2-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your libidn2-0 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libidn2-0' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

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-2017-14062
Debian Security Information: DSA-3988 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3988
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00040.html
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