USN-5133-1: ICU vulnerability

Publication date

4 November 2021

Overview

ICU could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

  • icu - International Components for Unicode library

Details

It was discovered that ICU contains a use after free issue.
An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service with crafted input.

It was discovered that ICU contains a use after free issue.
An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service with crafted input.

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
18.04 bionic icu-devtools –  60.2-3ubuntu3.2
libicu60 –  60.2-3ubuntu3.2
libiculx60 –  60.2-3ubuntu3.2
16.04 xenial icu-devtools –  55.1-7ubuntu0.5+esm1  
libicu55 –  55.1-7ubuntu0.5+esm1  
14.04 trusty icu-devtools –  52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm2  
libicu52 –  52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm2  

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