Debian Security Advisory
DLA-615-1 icu -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 08 Sep 2016
- Affected Packages:
- icu
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-6293.
- More information:
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This update fixes a buffer overflow in the uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in ICU, the International Components for Unicode C and C++ library, in Debian Wheezy
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.1.1-12+deb7u5.We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
