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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202105-08 ] ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 08:44:22
Message-Id: 28b8a001-342c-c1e4-8e6d-373f7b81d5f0@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202105-08
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: May 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #755704
11 ID: 202105-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, the worst of which
19 could cause a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing
25 Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 dev-libs/icu < 68.2 >= 68.2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ICU. Please review the
39 upstream bugs referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly
45 have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-68.2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] Chromium Change-Id Iad839ac77d487d5e1b396bcdbc29bc7cd58a7ef8
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65 https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/q/Iad839ac77d487d5e1b396bcdbc29bc7cd58a7ef8
66 [ 2 ] ICU-21383
67 https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21383
68 [ 3 ] ICU-21385
69 https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21385
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-08
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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