Debian DSA-4150-1 : icu - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108610

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the icu packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 52.1-8+deb8u7.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 57.1-6+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108610

File Name: debian_DSA-4150.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icu, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15422

DSA: 4150

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