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Gentoo: GLSA-200803-20 High: Unicode Libraries Risk Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2008
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA-202108-15 highlights critical security flaws in font handling systems, which could permit unauthorized remote code execution.
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the International Components for Unicode, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-20
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: High Title: International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 11, 2008 Bugs: #208001 ID: 200803-20

Synopsis ======= Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the International Components for Unicode, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background ========= International Components for Unicode is a set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected -----------------------------------------------...

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