SUSE-SU-2017:2318-1: icu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise

Vulnerability summary

SUSE-SU-2017:2318-1 is a vulnerability in icu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 31-08-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-02-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Security update for icu icu was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2014-8147: The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) used an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc followed by invalid free) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text (bsc#929629). - CVE-2014-8146: The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) did not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text (bsc#929629).

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