Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2397-1 icu -- buffer underflow

Date Reported:
29 Jan 2012
Affected Packages:
icu
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2011-4599.
More information:

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.