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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3274-1
May 02, 2017
icu vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 17.04
– Ubuntu 16.10
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in ICU.
Software Description:
– icu: International Components for Unicode library
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 17.04:
libicu57 57.1-5ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.10:
libicu57 57.1-4ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libicu55 55.1-7ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libicu52 52.1-3ubuntu0.6
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3274-1
CVE-2017-7867, CVE-2017-7868
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/57.1-5ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/57.1-4ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/55.1-7ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/52.1-3ubuntu0.6
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