GLSA 201507-04: International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	07/07/2015
Bugs:	#546156
ID:	201507-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in International Components for Unicode, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or 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.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/icu	< 55.1	>= 55.1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All International Components for Unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-55.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-04.xml

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.