1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4305-1

USN-4305-1: ICU vulnerability

Publication date

17 March 2020

Overview

ICU could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted string.

Releases

Packages

  • icu - International Components for Unicode library

Details

André Bargull discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

André Bargull discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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
19.10 eoan libicu63 –  63.2-2ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic libicu60 –  60.2-3ubuntu3.1
16.04 xenial libicu55 –  55.1-7ubuntu0.5
14.04 trusty libicu52 –  52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm1
12.04 precise libicu48 –  4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.10

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