USN-1727-1: Boost vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.10

Packages

• boost1.49 - C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks

Details

It was discovered that the Boost.Locale library incorrectly validated some
invalid UTF-8 sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass input validation in certain applications.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10

• libboost-locale1.49.0 - 1.49.0-3.1ubuntu1.2

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

References

• CVE-2013-0252