Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3578-1 libidn -- security update

Date Reported:
14 May 2016
Affected Packages:
libidn
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-2059.
More information:

It was discovered that libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), did not correctly handle invalid UTF-8 input, causing an out-of-bounds read. This could allow attackers to disclose sensitive information from an application using the libidn library.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.29-1+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.31-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.31-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libidn packages.