DSA-1762-1 icu -- insufficient input sanitising

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1762-1 icu -- insufficient input sanitising

Date Reported:

02 Apr 2009

Affected Packages:

icu

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-1036.

More information:

It was discovered that icu, the internal components for Unicode, did not properly sanitise invalid encoded data, which could lead to crosssite scripting attacks.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6-2etch4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.1-3+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.6-2etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.6-2etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.6.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu-doc_3.6-2etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch4_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.8.1-3+lenny1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.8.1.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.8.1-3+lenny1.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu-doc_3.8.1-3+lenny1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/lib32icu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/lib32icu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-3+lenny1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_3.8.1-3+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.