USN-2605-1: ICU vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 May 2015

Overview

ICU could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed specially crafted data.


Packages

  • icu - International Components for Unicode library

Details

Pedro Ribeiro discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when processing data. If an application using ICU processed
crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Pedro Ribeiro discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when processing data. If an application using ICU processed
crafted data, an attacker could cause it to crash or potentially execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
15.04 vivid libicu52 –  52.1-8ubuntu0.1
14.10 utopic libicu52 –  52.1-6ubuntu0.3
14.04 trusty libicu52 –  52.1-3ubuntu0.3

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