Debian Jessie DSA-3658-1 Moderate: Libidn DoS Risks Identified
debian
September 1, 2016
Hanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service agains...
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Summary
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.29-1+deb8u2.
For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.33-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.33-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libidn packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libidn
CVE ID: CVE-2015-8948 CVE-2016-6261 CVE-2016-6263
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