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Fedora 21: FEDORA-2015-11621 Critical: libidn Out-Of-Bounds Read

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2015
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The recent security patch for libidn on Fedora 21 tackles CVE-2015-2059 vulnerabilities, reinforcing system stability.
Security fix for CVE-2015-2059

Summary

GNU Libidn is an implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and

IDNA specifications defined by the IETF Internationalized Domain

Names (IDN) working group, used for internationalized domain

names.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2015-2059

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora security fix out-of-bounds libidn CVE-2015-2059

Change Log

* Mon Jul 13 2015 Miroslav Lichvar - 1.31-1.fc21 - update to 1.31 (CVE-2015-2059) * Tue Mar 31 2015 gil cattaneo 1.28-6 - build java libidn library

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1197796 - CVE-2015-2059 libidn: out-of-bounds read with stringprep on invalid UTF-8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197796

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libidn' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libidn
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 1.31
Release: 1.fc21
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Summary: Internationalized Domain Name support library

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security advisory critical Fedora security fix out-of-bounds libidn CVE-2015-2059

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