vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-3068-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-3068-1",
  "summary": "libidn vulnerabilities",
  "details": "Thijs Alkemade, Gustavo Grieco, Daniel Stenberg, and Nikos\nMavrogiannopoulos discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8\ncharacters. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly disclose sensitive\nmemory. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2015-2059)\n\nHanno B\u00f6ck discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled certain input. A\nremote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Libidn to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6262,\nCVE-2016-6261, CVE-2016-6263)\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2059",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8948",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6261",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6262",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6263"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2016-08-24T13:30:51Z",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libidn",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libidn@1.28-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.28-1ubuntu1",
        "1.28-1ubuntu2"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "idn",
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libidn11",
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libidn11-java",
            "binary_version": "1.28-1ubuntu2.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2059",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8948",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-6261",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-6262",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-6263",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libidn",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libidn@1.32-3ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.28-1ubuntu2",
        "1.32-3ubuntu1"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "idn",
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libidn11",
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libidn11-java",
            "binary_version": "1.32-3ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8948",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "low"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-6261",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-6262",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2016-6263",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "type": "CVSS_V3",
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                  "type": "Ubuntu",
                  "score": "medium"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3068-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2059"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8948"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6261"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6262"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6263"
    }
  ]
}