Bug 1359141 (CVE-2015-8948)

Summary:	CVE-2015-8948 libidn: Out-of-bounds read due to use of fgets with fixed-size buffer
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dkholia, erik-fedora, mlichvar, puntogil, rjones, sardella, slawomir
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	libidn 1.33	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2016-07-29 04:50:06 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1359146, 1359147, 1359148
Bug Blocks:	1359151

Description Adam Mariš 2016-07-22 11:53:15 UTC

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in libidn due to the use of fgets with fixed-size buffer.

Upstream patch:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=570e68886c41c2e765e6218cb317d9a9a447a041

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/124

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-07-22 12:04:59 UTC

Created libidn tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1359146]

Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-07-22 12:05:06 UTC

Created mingw-libidn tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1359147]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1359148]

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-07-24 20:18:20 UTC

libidn-1.33-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-08-08 23:56:17 UTC

libidn-1.33-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.