Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.582
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-582-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libidn' package(s) announced via the DLA-582-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libidn' package(s) announced via the DLA-582-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libidn. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2015-8948 When idn is reading one zero byte as input an out-of-bounds-read occurred. CVE-2016-6261 An out-of-bounds stack read is exploitable in idna_to_ascii_4i. CVE-2016-6263 stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize reject invalid UTF-8, causes a crash. For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.25-2+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your libidn packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'libidn' package(s) on Debian 7. 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-2016-6263 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
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