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Posted on 25 March 2008
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-591-1 March 24, 2008
icu vulnerabilities
CVE-2007-4770, CVE-2007-4771
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libicu34 3.4.1a-1ubuntu1.6.06.1
Ubuntu 6.10:
libicu34 3.4.1a-1ubuntu1.6.10.1
Ubuntu 7.04:
libicu36 3.6-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 7.10:
libicu36 3.6-3ubuntu0.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart applications linked
against libicu, such as OpenOffice.org, to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
Will Drewry discovered that libicu did not properly handle '