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[SECURITY] [DLA 582-1] libidn security update



Package        : libidn
Version        : 1.25-2+deb7u2
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-8948 CVE-2016-6261 CVE-2016-6263

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libidn. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2015-8948

    When idn is reading one zero byte as input an out-of-bounds-read occurred.

CVE-2016-6261

    An out-of-bounds stack read is exploitable in idna_to_ascii_4i.

CVE-2016-6263

    stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize reject invalid UTF-8, causes a crash.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.25-2+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libidn packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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