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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70714
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2397-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'icu' package(s) announced via the DSA-2397-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'icu' package(s) announced via the DSA-2397-1 advisory.

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

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.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.8.1.1-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'icu' package(s) on Debian 5, Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4599
47146
http://secunia.com/advisories/47146
47227
http://secunia.com/advisories/47227
47674
http://secunia.com/advisories/47674
47714
http://secunia.com/advisories/47714
47775
http://secunia.com/advisories/47775
51006
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006
77698
http://www.osvdb.org/77698
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
DSA-2397
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397
MDVSA-2011:194
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194
RHSA-2011:1815
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html
USN-1348-1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1
[oss-security] 20111209 CVE Request: icu out of bounds access
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2
[oss-security] 20111209 Re: CVE Request: icu out of bounds access
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
icu-canonicalize-bo(71726)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726
openSUSE-SU-2012:0100
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html
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