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Gentoo: GLSA-201503-06 Normal: ICU Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An updated advisory from Gentoo has brought attention to various vulnerabilities in ICU, which pose risks for Denial of Service attacks. Ensure you update without delay.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo software update ICU

Resolution

All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-54.1-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-7923 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7923 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-7926 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7926 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-7940 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-7940 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-9654 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9654

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-06
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: ICU: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: March 14, 2015
Bugs: #537560, #539108
ID: 201503-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Gentoo software update ICU

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

ICU is a mature, widely used 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 < 54.1-r1 >= 54.1-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker can cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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