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
Source: USN-3610-1: ICU vulnerability
