UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2059

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2059

    Published: 12 Aug 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2059
    Aliases:
    USN-3068-1

    Summary:

    Details: The stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 function in libin before 1.31, as used in jabberd2, allows context-dependent attackers to read system memory and possibly have other unspecified impact via invalid UTF-8 characters in a string, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2059, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/25, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2015-07/msg00026.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3068-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2059

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libidn

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.28-1ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    1.28-1ubuntu1

    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