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Debian 8: DLA-1447-1 Moderate: Integer Overflow in Libidn Leads to DoS

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 27, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
A critical integer vulnerability has been identified in libidn impacting Debian 8 systems. Immediate upgrade is recommended to mitigate potential denial of service threats.
An integer overflow vulnerability was discovered in libidn, the GNU library for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), in its Punycode handling (a Unicode characters to ASCII encod...
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security advisory moderate denial of service software update debian integer overflow libidn

Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1.29-1+deb8u3.

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


<pre><font face="Courier">Package: libidn
Version: 1.29-1+deb8u3
CVE ID: CVE-2017-14062
Debian Bug: 873903

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security advisory moderate denial of service software update debian integer overflow libidn

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