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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3360-1 (icu - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)