libidn is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists because idna_to_ascii_4i
function in lib/idna.c
does not properly handle 64 bytes of input, leading to out-of-bounds read and crash.
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=d4c533a5d975bf49090d3cd40acd230b8f79dd32
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=f20ce1128fb7f4d33297eee307dddaf0f92ac72d
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2015-07/msg00016.html
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6261