ArchLinuxASA-201711-25[ASA-201711-25] icu: arbitrary code execution
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.026 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.1%
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201711-25
Severity: Critical
Date : 2017-11-19
CVE-ID : CVE-2017-14952
Package : icu
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-504
Summary
The package icu before version 60.1-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code
execution.
Resolution
Upgrade to 60.1-1.
pacman -Syu “icu>=60.1-1”
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 60.1.
Workaround
None.
Description
Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for
Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 59.1 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a “redundant UVector entry
clean up function call” issue.
Impact
A remote attacker is able to execute arbitrary code on the affected
host via a specially crafted string.
References
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40324/trunk/icu4c/source/i18n/zonemeta.cpp
http://www.sourcebrella.com/blog/double-free-vulnerability-international-components-unicode-icu/
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-14952
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.026 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.1%