Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libidn package, versions <1.29-1+deb8u3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.56% (78th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBIDN-310977
- published 31 Aug 2017
- disclosed 31 Aug 2017
Introduced: 31 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-14062 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
libidn
to version 1.29-1+deb8u3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libidn
package and not the libidn
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
Integer overflow in the decode_digit function in puny_decode.c in Libidn2 before 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14062
- https://gitlab.com/libidn/libidn2/blob/master/NEWS
- https://gitlab.com/libidn/libidn2/commit/3284eb342cd0ed1a18786e3fcdf0cdd7e76676bd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3988
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00040.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14062