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GLSA-201402-14 : International Components for Unicode: Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 72418

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201402-14 (International Components for Unicode: Denial of Service)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in International Components for Unicode. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All International Components for Unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/icu-51.2-r1' Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-14

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72418

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201402-14.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 2/11/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:icu, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0900, CVE-2013-2924

BID: 58318, 62968

GLSA: 201402-14