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Gentoo: 201402-14 Moderate Vulnerability in ICU Library's DoS

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Enhance International Components for Unicode to mitigate Denial of Service vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux in accordance with GLSA 201402-14.
Two vulnerabilities in International Components for Unicode might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in International Components for Unicode. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory moderate gentoo Denial of Service ICU Library 201402-14

Resolution

All International Components for Unicode users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-0900 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0900 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2924 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2924

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-14
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Concerns

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: International Components for Unicode: Denial of Service
Date: February 10, 2014
Bugs: #460426, #486948
ID: 201402-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate gentoo Denial of Service ICU Library 201402-14

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities in International Components for Unicode might allow remote attackers to 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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/icu < 51.2-r1 >= 51.2-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.