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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2522-1

Posted Mar 5, 2015

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2522-1 - It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations when processing fonts. 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled memory operations when processing fonts. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, arbitrary

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2013-1569, CVE-2013-2383, CVE-2013-2384, CVE-2013-2419, CVE-2014-6585, CVE-2014-6591, CVE-2014-7923, CVE-2014-7926, CVE-2014-7940, CVE-2014-9654

SHA-256 | d3c988929535c9500791efbeb3a03723d205b27224cb047b0c7ae7692d311974

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