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Posted on 24 January 2017
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Subject: [ GLSA 201701-58 ] ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-58
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 24, 2017
Bugs: #589814, #594494, #601396
ID: 201701-58

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, the worst of which
could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing
Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/icu < 58.1 >= 58.1

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

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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[ 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
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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