libidn: information disclosure
| Package(s): | libidn |
CVE #(s): | CVE-2015-2059
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| Created: | July 20, 2015 |
Updated: | May 18, 2016 |
| Description: |
From the Debian LTS advisory:
Thijs Alkemade discovered that the Jabber server may pass an invalid
UTF-8 string to libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain
Names (IDNs). In the case of the Jabber server, this results in
information disclosure, and it is likely that some other applications
using libidn have similar vulnerabilities. This update changes libidn
to check for invalid strings rather than assuming that the application
has done so. |
| Alerts: |
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