Out-of-Bounds Affecting libidn package, versions <1.28-1ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBIDN-311027
  • published12 Aug 2015
  • disclosed12 Aug 2015

Introduced: 12 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-2059  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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 stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 function in libin before 1.31, as used in jabberd2, allows context-dependent attackers to read system memory and possibly have other unspecified impact via invalid UTF-8 characters in a string, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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