PT-2015-7846 · Gnu+3 · Gnu Libidn+3

Hanno Böck · Published 2015-12-31 · Updated 2021-06-29 · CVE-2015-8948

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU libidn versions prior to 1.33

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by reading a zero byte as input, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Recommendations For GNU libidn versions prior to 1.33, update to version 1.33 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1770

CVE-2015-8948

DLA-582-1

DSA-3658-1

MGASA-2016-0269

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10566-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2291-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

USN-3068-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu Libidn

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 55

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2291-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3068-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8948 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6263 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/EQDCSQNM5LICMOIEU5H63QDQ4Z436KC5 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6261 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8948 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6262 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1770 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0269 · Vendor Advisory