Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-7940
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 83 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium: multiple issues | 25 Jan 201500:00 | – | archlinux | |
| The vulnerability of the International Components for Unicode library allows a attacker to trigger a service failure or cause other adverse effects. | 19 Jul 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Google Chrome ICU Uninitialization Vulnerability | 26 Jan 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2014-7940 | 22 Jan 201522:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2014-7940 | 22 Jan 201522:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 219-1] icu security update | 14 May 201509:45 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3187-1] icu security update | 15 Mar 201505:02 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3187-1] icu security update | 15 Mar 201505:02 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2014-7940 | 22 Jan 201522:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-219-1 : icu security update | 15 May 201500:00 | – | nessus |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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- The collator implementation in i18n/ucol.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 through SVN
revision 293126, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not initialize memory for a data
structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other
impact via a crafted character sequence. (CVE-2014-7940)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
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"constraints": [
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"pkgs": [
{"reference": "icu"}
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}
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if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
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audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
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