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Out-of-Bounds Affecting icu package, versions <55.1-7ubuntu0.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.83% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-ICU-337377
  • published 25 Jul 2016
  • disclosed 25 Jul 2016
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Introduced: 25 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-6293 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 icu to version 55.1-7ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icu package and not the icu package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ does not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument.