gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-202003-15.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202003-15">
  <title>ICU: Integer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>An integer overflow flaw in ICU could possibly allow for the
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ICU</product>
  <announced>2020-03-15</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-03-15</revised>
  <bug>710758</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/icu" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">65.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">65.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing
      Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that ICU’s UnicodeString::doAppend() function is
      vulnerable to an integer overflow. Please review the CVE identifiers
      referenced below for more details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
      string in an application linked against ICU, possibly resulting in
      execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
      Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/icu-65.1-r1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10531">CVE-2020-10531</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-15T01:07:26Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-15T01:36:26Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>