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Debian 7 DLA-947-1 Critical: Icu Buffer Overflow DoS Flaw

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2017
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A patch for icu on Debian LTS addresses a critical buffer overflow issue that may result in denial of service and the possibility of remote code execution.
It was discovered that icu, the International Components for Unicode library, did not correctly validate its input
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Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
4.8.1.1-12+deb7u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: icu
Version: 4.8.1.1-12+deb7u7
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7867 CVE-2017-7868

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