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SUSE: CVE-2016-6263: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6263: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/07/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libidn
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libidn11
  • suse-upgrade-libidn11-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libidn2-0
  • suse-upgrade-libidn2-0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libidn2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2291-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • USN-3068-1
  • DLA-582-1
  • DSA-3658
  • CVE-2016-6263
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