CVE-2016-6263

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201908-06

Posted Aug 15, 2019

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201908-6 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition. Versions less than 2.28-r4 are affected.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2015-8985, CVE-2016-6263, CVE-2018-19591

SHA-256 | d57c71da1983c5339fb8ee927bb16a395645d5b48f7d4e5bfc264df20d515872

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3068-1

Posted Aug 24, 2016

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3068-1 - Thijs Alkemade, Gustavo Grieco, Daniel Stenberg, and Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled invalid UTF-8 characters. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly disclose sensitive memory. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Hanno Boeck discovered that Libidn incorrectly handled certain input. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Libidn to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2015-2059, CVE-2015-8948, CVE-2016-6261, CVE-2016-6262, CVE-2016-6263

SHA-256 | 8fc65e056c00aacb74043701fa23c5a3940d45a27528289ab166ee40c36e2a52

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