Debian DSA-2397-1 : icu - buffer underflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 57737

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the Unicode library ICU could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the icu packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.1-3+lenny3.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.4.1-8.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/icu

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57737

File Name: debian_DSA-2397.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:icu, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4599

BID: 51006

DSA: 2397