SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1

    Published: 16 Aug 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libidn

    Details: This update for libidn fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-6262 and CVE-2015-8948: Out-of-bounds-read when reading one zero byte as input (bsc#990189) - CVE-2016-6261: Out-of-bounds stack read in idna_to_ascii_4i (bsc#990190) - CVE-2016-6263: stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize reject invalid UTF-8 (bsc#990191) - CVE-2015-2059: out-of-bounds read with stringprep on invalid UTF-8 (bsc#923241)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162079-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/923241, https://bugzilla.suse.com/990189, https://bugzilla.suse.com/990190, https://bugzilla.suse.com/990191, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2059, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8948, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6261, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6262, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6263

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libidn

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libidn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.28-4.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High