1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2740-1

USN-2740-1: ICU vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 September 2015

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ICU.

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

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
15.04 vivid libicu52 –  52.1-8ubuntu0.2
14.04 trusty libicu52 –  52.1-3ubuntu0.4
12.04 precise libicu48 –  4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.6

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