598856 – <net-dns/libidn2-0.11 - stack underflow in 'idn2' command line tool

Bug 598856 - <net-dns/libidn2-0.11 - stack underflow in 'idn2' command line tool

Summary: <net-dns/libidn2-0.11 - stack underflow in 'idn2' command line tool

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	~2 [noglsa]
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Reported:	2016-11-03 12:36 UTC by Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)
Modified:	2016-11-03 16:53 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-11-03 12:36:13 UTC

Libidn2 NEWS -- History of user-visible changes.                -*- outline -*-
Copyright (C) 2011-2016 Simon Josefsson
See the end for copying conditions.

* Version 0.11 (unreleased) [alpha]

** Fix stack underflow in 'idn2' command line tool.
Reported by Hanno Böck <hanno@hboeck.de>.

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2016-11-03 16:53:43 UTC

There aren't much details if it is just a programming bug or it is a security bug. But since it isn't a stable package and it is already bumped/cleaned, for me it is fine as-is.