Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Libidn vulnerabilities |
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Name | USN-3068-1 | First vendor Publication | 2016-08-24 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2016-08-24 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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) | |||
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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 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Libidn. Software Description: - libidn: implementation of IETF IDN specifications Details: Thijs Alkemade, Gustavo Grieco, Daniel Stenberg, and Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 characters. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly disclose sensitive memory. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-2059) Hanno Böck discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled certain input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6262, CVE-2016-6261, CVE-2016-6263) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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80 % | CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
20 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Os | 3 | |
Os | 2 | |
Os | 1 | |
Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2016-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-f99c0a8b69.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-13 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2291-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-12 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1067.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-08 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2226-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-02 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2079-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3658.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-25 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3068-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-24 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-09 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-610fe5f5f8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-925.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-03 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-01 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_cb5189eb572f11e6b334002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-07-29 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2016-210-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-07-25 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-42514bee97.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-05-18 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-476.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-05-16 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3578.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-08-17 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-291.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-29 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-11621.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-29 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-11562.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-24 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_4caf01e230e611e5a4a5002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-20 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2015-07-20 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-497.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2016-09-08 05:21:50 |
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2016-08-26 13:26:07 |
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2016-08-24 17:21:25 |
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