Description
GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 Section 4.2 when converting A-labels to U-labels. This makes it possible in some circumstances for one domain to impersonate another. By creating a malicious domain that matches a target domain except for the inclusion of certain punycoded Unicode characters (that would be discarded when converted first to a Unicode label and then back to an ASCII label), arbitrary domains can be impersonated.
Published: 2019-10-22
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3931 GNU libidn2 before 2.2.0 fails to perform the roundtrip checks specified in RFC3490 Section 4.2 when converting A-labels to U-labels. This makes it possible in some circumstances for one domain to impersonate another. By creating a malicious domain that matches a target domain except for the inclusion of certain punycoded Unicode characters (that would be discarded when converted first to a Unicode label and then back to an ASCII label), arbitrary domains can be impersonated.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4168-1 Libidn2 vulnerabilities
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:17:39.504Z

Reserved: 2019-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12290

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-22T16:15:10.877

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:22:33.913

Link: CVE-2019-12290

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