USN-3434-2: Libidn vulnerability<\/p>\n
23rd October, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its Libidn could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially USN-3434-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libidn. This update Original advisory details:<\/p>\n It was discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled decoding certain digits. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following To update your system, please follow these instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n CVE-2017-14062<\/a><\/p>\n Source: USN-3434-2: Libidn vulnerability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" USN-3434-2: Libidn vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3434-2 23rd October, 2017 libidn vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Libidn could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted input. Software description libidn – implementation of IETF IDN specifications Details USN-3434-1 fixed a vulnerability in Libidn. This updateprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled decoding certain digits. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libidn11 1.23-2ubuntu0.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-19841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19842,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19841\/revisions\/19842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}libidn vulnerability<\/h3>\n
\n derivatives:<\/p>\n\n
Summary<\/h3>\n
\ncrafted input.\n<\/p>\nSoftware description<\/h3>\n
\n
\n – implementation of IETF IDN specifications<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDetails<\/h3>\n
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.<\/p>\n
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.<\/p>\nUpdate instructions<\/h3>\n
\npackage version:<\/p>\n\n
\n
\n 1.23-2ubuntu0.2<\/a>
\n <\/span>\n <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
\nhttps:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\nReferences<\/h3>\n