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Debian DSA-3658-1 : libidn - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 93254

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Synopsis

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

Description

Hanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service against an application using the libidn library (application crash).

Solution

Upgrade the libidn packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.29-1+deb8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libidn

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93254

File Name: debian_DSA-3658.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libidn

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6261, CVE-2016-6263

DSA: 3658