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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201507-04 ] International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201507-04

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https://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: International Components for Unicode: Multiple

vulnerabilities

Date: July 07, 2015

Bugs: #546156

ID: 201507-04

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in International Components

for Unicode, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a

Denial of Service condition.

 

Background

==========

 

International Components for Unicode is a set of C/C++ and Java

libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software

applications.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-libs/icu < 55.1 >= 55.1

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in International

Components for Unicode. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced

below for details.

 

Impact

======

 

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of

the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All International Components for Unicode users should upgrade to the

latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-55.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8146

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8146

[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8147

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8147

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-04

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

 

 

 

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