Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4613-1 libidn2 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 01 Feb 2020
- Affected Packages:
- libidn2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 942895.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-18224. - More information:
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A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the idn2_to_ascii_4i() function in libidn2, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), which could result in denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code when processing a long domain string.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.5-1+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libidn2 packages.
For the detailed security status of libidn2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libidn2