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Debian dsa-5951 : icu-devtools - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 240694

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5951 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5951-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff June 26, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : icu CVE ID : CVE-2025-5222

 A buffer overflow was discovered in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 72.1-3+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.

 For the detailed security status of icu please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/icu

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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-devtools packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/icu

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5222

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240694

File Name: debian_DSA-5951.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2025

Updated: 6/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5222

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libicu72, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icu-devtools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:icu-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libicu-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5222