- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3830-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond April 19, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : icu CVE ID : CVE-2017-7867 CVE-2017-7868 Debian Bug : 860314 It was discovered that icu, the International Components for Unicode library, did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could use this problem to trigger an out-of-bound write through a heap-based buffer overflow, thus causing a denial of service via application crash, or potential execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 52.1-8+deb8u5. For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 57.1-6. We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-3830-1: icu security update
It was discovered that icu, the International Components for Unicode library, did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could use this problem to trigger an out-of-bound write through a heap-based buffer overflow, thus causing a denial of service via application
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