Debian DLA-291-1 : libidn security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 85418

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Adam Sampson found a vulnerability in GNU Libidn, library that implements the IETF IDN specifications. Libdin incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 input, causing it to bad free(). This issue was introduced by the fix for CVE-2015-2059.

For Debian 6 'Squeeze', this issue has been fixed in the 1.15-2+deb6u2 version of libidn.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85418

File Name: debian_DLA-291.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libidn11-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libidn11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:idn, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libidn11-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2015

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