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openSUSE Security Update : libidn (openSUSE-2016-925)
high Nessus Plugin ID 92743
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This libidn update to version 1.33 fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
- CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6262: Fixed an out-of-bounds-read when reading one zero byte as input (bsc#990189).
- CVE-2016-6263: Fixed stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize to reject invalid UTF-8 (bsc#boo#990191).
Included bugfixes :
- Fixed crash in idna_to_unicode_8z8z and idna_to_unicode_8zlz (introduced in 1.31).
- API and ABI is backwards compatible with the previous version.
- Update gpg keyring
Solution
Update the affected libidn packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 92743
File Name: openSUSE-2016-925.nasl
Version: 2.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/5/2016
Updated: 1/29/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6262
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn11-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn11-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libidn11-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2016