USN-3610-1: ICU vulnerability

Publication date

28 March 2018

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 incorrectly handled certain calendars. If an
application using ICU processed crafted data, a remote attacker could
possibly cause it to crash, leading to a denial of service.

It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain calendars. If an
application using ICU processed crafted data, a remote attacker could
possibly cause it to crash, leading to a denial of service.

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
17.10 artful libicu57 –  57.1-6ubuntu0.3
16.04 xenial libicu55 –  55.1-7ubuntu0.4
14.04 trusty libicu52 –  52.1-3ubuntu0.8

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