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Subject: [USN-2740-1] ICU vulnerabilities
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers () canonical ! com>
Date: 2015-09-16 17:51:55
Message-ID: 55F9AC3B.3050200 () canonical ! com
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2740-1
September 16, 2015
icu vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in ICU.
Software Description:
- icu: International Components for Unicode library
Details:
Atte Kettunen discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain converter
names. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, a remote
attacker could possibly cause it to crash. (CVE-2015-1270)
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.
(CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-4760)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.04:
libicu52 52.1-8ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libicu52 52.1-3ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libicu48 4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.6
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2740-1
CVE-2015-1270, CVE-2015-2632, CVE-2015-4760
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/52.1-8ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/52.1-3ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icu/4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.6
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