CVE-2015-8948

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8948
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-07 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:28:00 UTC
Descriptionidn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Gnu Libidn All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request: multiple issues fixed in GNU libidn 1.33 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3068-1: Libidn vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Libidn 1.33 released MLIST lists.gnu.org Vendor Advisory
GNU Libidn Multiple Remote Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:2135-1: moderate: Security update for libidn SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:1924-1: moderate: Security update for libidn SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3658-1 libidn DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple issues fixed in GNU libidn 1.33 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
libidn.git - GNU libidn CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500298 Alpine Linux Security Update for libidn
  • 504065 Alpine Linux Security Update for libidn
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