Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libidn2-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.3.0-1.4.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-LIBIDN2DEBUGINFO-1720373
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed21 Oct 2019

Introduced: 21 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-18224  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 libidn2-debuginfo to version 0:2.3.0-1.4.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1327.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libidn2-debuginfo package and not the libidn2-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long domain string.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1