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Gentoo: GLSA-202105-08 Low Severity: ICU Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Identify critical weaknesses in ICU on Gentoo that could compromise availability with minimal severity. Swift patching is essential for maintaining safety!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ICU. Please review the upstream bugs referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update low severity Denial of Service multiple vulnerabilities ICU

Resolution

All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-68.2"

References

[ 1 ] Chromium Change-Id Iad839ac77d487d5e1b396bcdbc29bc7cd58a7ef8 https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/q/Iad839ac77d487d5e1b396bcdbc29bc7cd58a7ef8 [ 2 ] ICU-21383 https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21383 [ 3 ] ICU-21385 https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21385

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-08
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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: Low
Title: ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #755704
ID: 202105-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update low severity Denial of Service multiple vulnerabilities ICU

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/icu < 68.2 >= 68.2

Impact

===== Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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