RHSA-2011:1815Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: icu security update

Published
December 13, 2011
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-4599 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-4599 — icu: Stack-based buffer overflow by canonicalizing the given localeID

🎯 Affected products126

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.src as a component of RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • icu-0:3.6-5.16.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • icu-0:4.2.1-9.1.el6_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)