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SUSE-SU-2016:2291-1 Not scored

Security update for libidn

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)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published September 12, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 libidn
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 libidn
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 libidn

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:2291-1

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)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence