GLSA 201701-58: ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/24/2017
Bugs:	#589814, #594494, #601396
ID:	201701-58

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	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/icu	< 58.1	>= 58.1	All supported architectures

Description

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

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.

Resolution

All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-58.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-58.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.