CVE-2019-12290

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

22/10/2019

Last modified:

07/11/2023

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None