Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libidn package, versions <1.28-1ubuntu2.1
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- published7 Sept 2016
- disclosed7 Sept 2016
Introduced: 7 Sep 2016
CVE-2016-6261 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 libidn to version 1.28-1ubuntu2.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libidn package and not the libidn package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The idna_to_ascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6261
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=f20ce1128fb7f4d33297eee307dddaf0f92ac72d
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6261
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6261
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2015-07/msg00016.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E