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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0e561379d914 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200803-20"> + <title>International Components for Unicode: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the International Components + for Unicode, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code + or a Denial of Service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">icu</product> + <announced>2008-03-11</announced> + <revised>2009-05-28: 03</revised> + <bug>208001</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-libs/icu" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.8.1-r1</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">3.6-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.8.1-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + International Components for Unicode is a set of C/C++ and Java + libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software + applications. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Will Drewry (Google Security) reported a vulnerability in the regular + expression engine when using back references to capture \0 characters + (CVE-2007-4770). He also found that the backtracking stack size is not + limited, possibly allowing for a heap-based buffer overflow + (CVE-2007-4771). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker could submit specially crafted regular expressions to + an application using the library, possibly resulting in the remote + execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the + application or a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All International Components for Unicode users should upgrade to the + latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/icu-3.8.1-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4770">CVE-2007-4770</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4771">CVE-2007-4771</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-02-20T08:30:44Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-02-20T08:30:59Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-03-11T12:40:50Z"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |