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GLSA-201507-04 : International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 84603

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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-201507-04 (International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or 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-55.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84603

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-04.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 7/8/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8146, CVE-2014-8147

BID: 74457

GLSA: 201507-04