CVE-2011-4599

Publication date 15 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
icu	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 4.4.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.1
	11.04 natty	Fixed 4.4.2-2ubuntu0.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

based on the patch, looks like a heap buffer overflow

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
icu	Other: http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984 Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)