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Debian: CVE-2019-18224: libidn2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-18224: libidn2 -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/21/2019
Created
02/04/2020
Added
02/03/2020
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

idn2_to_ascii_4i in lib/lookup.c in GNU libidn2 before 2.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow via a long domain string.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libidn2

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