ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202105-08

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ICU, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

dev-libs/icu on all architectures
Affected versions < 68.2
Unaffected versions >= 68.2

Background

ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ICU. Please review the upstream bugs referenced below for details.

Impact

Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition or possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ICU users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-68.2"
 

References

Release date
May 26, 2021

Latest revision
May 26, 2021: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
local, remote

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