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Ubuntu: USN-3068-1 (CVE-2015-8948): Libidn vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Published

Aug 24, 2016

Added

Aug 24, 2016

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libidn11

References

CVE-2015-8948
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8948
CWE-125
DEBIAN-DLA-582-1
DEBIAN-DSA-3658
EUVD-EUVD-2015-8804
NVD-CVE-2015-8948
UBUNTU-USN-3068-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8804

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