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Debian DSA-5014-1 : icu - security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 155709
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5014 advisory.- International Components for Unicode (ICU-20850) v66.1 was discovered to contain a use after free bug in the pkg_createWithAssemblyCode function in the file tools/pkgdata/pkgdata.cpp. (CVE-2020-21913)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade the icu packages.See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/icu
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5014
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 155709
File Name: debian_DSA-5014.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 11/29/2021
Updated: 11/22/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-21913
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icu-devtools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icu-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libicu63, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libicu-dev
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-21913