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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3658-1 (libidn - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
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 against an application using the libidn library (application crash).
Affected Software
Affected Software
libidn on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
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.