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Posted on 14 May 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3578-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Alessandro Ghedini
May 14, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libidn
CVE ID : CVE-2015-2059
It was discovered that libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized
Domain Names (IDNs), did not correctly handle invalid UTF-8 input,
causing an out-of-bounds read. This could allow attackers to disclose
sensitive information from an application using the libidn library.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.29-1+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.31-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.31-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libidn packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
