UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6261

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6261
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6261.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6261
Related
Published
2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:15Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The idnatoascii_4i function in lib/idna.c in libidn before 1.33 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via 64 bytes of input.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libidn

Package

Name
libidn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libidn@1.28-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.28-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.28-1ubuntu1
1.28-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "idn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "idn-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11-java"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libidn

Package

Name
libidn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libidn@1.32-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.32-3ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.28-1ubuntu2
1.32-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "idn"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "idn-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libidn11-java"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}