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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3360-1 (icu - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library mishandles converter names starting with x- , which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
icu on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 52.1-8+deb8u3. For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 55.1-5. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 55.1-5. We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.