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Posted on 30 September 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3988-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 30, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libidn2-0
CVE ID : CVE-2017-14062
Debian Bug : 873902
An integer overflow vulnerability was discovered in decode_digit() in
libidn2-0, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs),
allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service against an
application using the library (application crash).
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.10-2+deb8u1.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.16-1+deb9u1.
For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0.2-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.2-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your libidn2-0 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
