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A vulnerability was found in GNU libidn up to 1.32. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component idn. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
idn in GNU libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
The weakness was shared 09/07/2016 by Hanno Boeck (Website). The advisory is shared at git.savannah.gnu.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8948 since 07/21/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93292 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libidn (SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169072 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libidn (SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1)).
Upgrading to version 1.33 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93292). The entries 91361, 91362 and 91363 are related to this item.
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- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 1.10
- 1.11
- 1.12
- 1.13
- 1.14
- 1.15
- 1.16
- 1.17
- 1.18
- 1.19
- 1.20
- 1.21
- 1.22
- 1.23
- 1.24
- 1.25
- 1.26
- 1.27
- 1.28
- 1.29
- 1.30
- 1.31
- 1.32
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
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Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 93292
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libidn (SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 866468
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for libidn USN-3068-1
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: libidn 1.33
Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org
Timeline
07/20/2016 🔍07/21/2016 🔍
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09/15/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: USN-3068-1
Researcher: Hanno Boeck
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8948 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 92070 - GNU Libidn Multiple Remote Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 09/08/2016 18:23Updated: 09/15/2022 08:25
Changes: 09/08/2016 18:23 (66), 04/12/2019 00:21 (14), 09/15/2022 08:25 (4)
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