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EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libidn (EulerOS-SA-2021-1084)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 145212

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the libidn package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

 - Integer overflow in the decode_digit function in puny_decode.c in Libidn2 before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2017-14062)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libidn package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c0d0dfc2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 145212

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2021-1084.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2021

Updated: 1/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14062

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libidn, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

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

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14062