Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2605-1
11th May, 2015
icu vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu (vivid)
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
ICU could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed
specially crafted data.
Software description
- icu
– International Components for Unicode library
Details
Pedro Ribeiro discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain memory
operations when processing data. If an application using ICU processed
crafted data, an attacker could 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 (vivid):
-
libicu52
52.1-8ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
libicu52
52.1-6ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libicu52
52.1-3ubuntu0.3
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.