SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1)
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 195 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libidn -- out-of-bounds read issue with invalid UTF-8 input | 9 Feb 201500:00 | – | freebsd | |
| libidn -- multiple vulnerabilities | 20 Jul 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package glibc version 6:2.26.9000.0.1248.407552c-alt1 | 30 Jan 201800:00 | – | altlinux | |
| CVE-2015-8948 | 7 Sep 201620:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2016-6261 | 7 Sep 201620:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2016-6262 | 7 Sep 201620:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2016-6263 | 7 Sep 201620:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| libidn: denial of service | 30 Jul 201600:00 | – | archlinux | |
| BSA-2017-210 | 31 Mar 201700:00 | – | broadcom | |
| BSA-2017-211 | 31 Mar 201700:00 | – | broadcom |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2016.2079.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-2059", "CVE-2015-8948", "CVE-2016-6261", "CVE-2016-6262", "CVE-2016-6263");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-04-19 00:00:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-09-08 14:19:36 +0000 (Thu, 08 Sep 2016)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES12\.0SP1)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162079-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/923241");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/990189");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/990190");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/990191");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-August/002210.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libidn' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:2079-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for libidn fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-6262 and CVE-2015-8948: Out-of-bounds-read when reading one zero byte as input (bsc#990189)
- CVE-2016-6261: Out-of-bounds stack read in idna_to_ascii_4i (bsc#990190)
- CVE-2016-6263: stringprep_utf8_nfkc_normalize reject invalid UTF-8 (bsc#990191)
- CVE-2015-2059: out-of-bounds read with stringprep on invalid UTF-8 (bsc#923241)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libidn' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES12.0SP1") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libidn-tools", rpm:"libidn-tools~1.28~4.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libidn11", rpm:"libidn11~1.28~4.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libidn11-32bit", rpm:"libidn11-32bit~1.28~4.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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