USN-3274-1: ICU vulnerabilities
USN-3274-1: ICU vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3274-1 2nd May, 2017 icu vulnerabilities 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 operationswhen processing data. If an application using ICU processed crafted data,a remote attacker could possibly cause it to crash or potentially executearbitrary 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 version: 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 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system [ more… ]