Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2151-1 icu -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

20 Mar 2020

Affected Packages:

icu

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 953747.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-10531.

More information:

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 52.1-8+deb8u8.

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