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HistorySep 15, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3360-1 (icu - security update)

2015-09-1500:00:00
Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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0.038 Low

EPSS

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90.9%

It was discovered that the International Components for Unicode (ICU)
library mishandles converter names starting with x-
, which allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized
memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3360.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3360-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703360);
    script_version("$Revision: 6609 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1270");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3360-1 (icu - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:59 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2015-09-15 00:00:00 +0200 (Tue, 15 Sep 2015)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3360.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "icu on Debian Linux");
        script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "ICU is a C++ and C library that provides robust and full-featured
Unicode and locale support.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 52.1-8+deb8u3.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 55.1-5.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 55.1-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "It was discovered that the International Components for Unicode (ICU)
library mishandles converter names starting with x- 
, which allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized
memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"icu-devtools", ver:"52.1-8+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"icu-doc", ver:"52.1-8+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libicu-dev", ver:"52.1-8+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libicu52", ver:"52.1-8+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libicu52-dbg", ver:"52.1-8+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}