Gentoo: GLSA-201701-58: ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ICU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-58.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2632 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2632 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-6293 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6293 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-7415 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7415
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58
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.
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.
Background
ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/icu < 58.1 >= 58.1
Impact
===== Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a long locale string or httpAcceptLanguage argument. Additionally, A remote attacker, via a specially crafted file, could cause an application using ICU to parse untrusted font files resulting in a Denial of Service condition. Finally, remote attackers could affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to 2D.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.