Vulnerability CVE-2015-8948
Published: 2016-09-07

Description:
idn 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.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Opensuse -> LEAP 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> LEAP 
Novell -> Opensuse 
GNU -> Libidn 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=570e68886c41c2e765e6218cb317d9a9a447a041
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3658
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92070
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2016-07/msg00009.html
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