Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for icu. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for icu
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28669
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28669/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for icu. This fixes some vulnerabilities,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA28575
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update icu").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28575:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28575/
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