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Fedora 26 : mingw-libidn2 (2017-fe4f93fde4)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103108

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Libidn2 2.0.4 (released 2017-08-30) ===================================

 - Fix integer overflow in bidi.c/_isBidi()

 - Fix integer overflow in puny_decode.c/decode_digit()

 - Improve docs

 - Fix idna_free() to idn_free()

 - Update fuzzer corpora

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Solution

Update the affected mingw-libidn2 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-fe4f93fde4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103108

File Name: fedora_2017-fe4f93fde4.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-libidn2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14061