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SUSE: CVE-2015-8948: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8948: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/07/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

idn in GNU libidn before 1.33 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libidn
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libidn-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libidn11
  • suse-upgrade-libidn11-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libidn2-0
  • suse-upgrade-libidn2-0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libidn2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2291-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • USN-3068-1
  • DLA-582-1
  • DSA-3658
  • CVE-2015-8948
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