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Improper Input Validation Affecting libidn2 Open this link in a new tab package, versions *

low

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • Integrity

    High

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBIDN2-474100

  • published

    23 Oct 2019

  • disclosed

    22 Oct 2019

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Introduced: 22 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-12290 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 libidn2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply to the upstream libidn2 package.

GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 Section 4.2 when converting A-labels to U-labels. This makes it possible in some circumstances for one domain to impersonate another. By creating a malicious domain that matches a target domain except for the inclusion of certain punycoded Unicode characters (that would be discarded when converted first to a Unicode label and then back to an ASCII label), arbitrary domains can be impersonated.