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FreeBSD : libidn -- out-of-bounds read issue with invalid UTF-8 input (4caf01e2-30e6-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84970

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Simon Josefsson reports :

stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 now rejects invalid UTF-8. This function has always been documented to not validate that the input UTF-8 string is actually valid UTF-8...

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/plain/NEWS?id=libidn-1-31

http://www.nessus.org/u?3b82f4d0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84970

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4caf01e230e611e5a4a5002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libidn, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2059