Name | CVE-2016-6263 |
Description | The stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize function in lib/nfkc.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted UTF-8 data. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-582-1, DSA-3658-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
libidn (PTS) | buster | 1.33-2.2 | fixed |
bullseye | 1.33-3 | fixed | |
bookworm, sid | 1.41-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
libidn | source | wheezy | 1.25-2+deb7u2 | DLA-582-1 | ||
libidn | source | jessie | 1.29-1+deb8u2 | DSA-3658-1 | ||
libidn | source | (unstable) | 1.33-1 |
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html
Test / Fix: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=1fbee57ef3c72db2206dd87e4162108b2f425555 (libidn-1-33)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6