SB2017071810 - Ubuntu update for ICU
Published: July 18, 2017
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7867)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in utf8TextAccess() function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7868)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.