Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Libidn vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3434-1 First vendor Publication 2017-10-02
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-10-02
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Libidn could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted input.

Software Description: - libidn: implementation of IETF IDN specifications

Details:

It was discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled decoding certain digits. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04:
libidn11 1.33-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libidn11 1.32-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libidn11 1.28-1ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3434-1
CVE-2017-14062

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libidn/1.33-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libidn/1.32-3ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libidn/1.28-1ubuntu2.2

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3434-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-f749c70191.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-07-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1447.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-04-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-02e23192f5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-04-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201804-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-09b1c3f099.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-b469be1a72.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3434-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3988.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3421-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1084.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1085.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-2d4ead8da9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-57722ccd30.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-11-05 09:25:47
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-04 13:25:04
  • Multiple Updates
2017-10-02 21:23:02
  • First insertion