USN-3274-2: ICU vulnerabilities
18 July 2017
Several security issues were fixed in ICU.
Releases
Packages
- icu - International Components for Unicode library
Details
USN-3274-1 fixed a vulnerability in icu. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when processing data. If an application using ICU processed crafted data,
a remote attacker could possibly cause it to crash or potentially execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3274-1: libicu-dev, icu-doc, libicu52, icu, icu-devtools, libicu57, libicu55