#795399 freeipa: CVE-2015-5179: non-printable characters aren't check in every case of user data

Package:
src:freeipa
Source:
freeipa
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-07-13 17:35:14 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#795399#5
Date:
2015-08-13 17:33:56 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Timo,

the following vulnerability was published for freeipa. I cannot easily
test it for older version 4.0.5, could you confirm that?

CVE-2015-5179[0]:
non-printable characters aren't check in every case of user data

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5179
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252567

Regards,
Salvatore

#795399#10
Date:
2015-09-24 15:07:13 UTC
From:
To:
all versions are affected, but seems like it's not going to be fixed too
soon:

https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/5153

#795399#17
Date:
2016-08-28 23:14:49 UTC
From:
To:
Dear submitter,

as the package freeipa has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/835163

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
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