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Ubuntu: USN-4168-1 (CVE-2019-18224): Libidn2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4168-1 (CVE-2019-18224): Libidn2 vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/21/2019
Created
03/05/2020
Added
10/30/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-idn2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libidn2-0

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