Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3274-1
2nd May, 2017
icu vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in ICU.
Software description
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.
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 update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-7867, CVE-2017-7868
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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
Several security issues were fixed in ICU.
Software description
- icu - International Components for Unicode library
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.
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 update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2017-7867, CVE-2017-7868
Continue reading...
