USN-3610-1: ICU vulnerability

icu vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

ICU could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10: libicu57 – 57.1-6ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libicu55 – 55.1-7ubuntu0.4
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libicu52 – 52.1-3ubuntu0.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2017-15422

Source: USN-3610-1: ICU vulnerability

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