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 3.6-2etch2.
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_3.6-2etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.6-2etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.6.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.6-2etch2.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu-doc_3.6-2etch2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36-dev_3.6-2etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu36_3.6-2etch2_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/icu_3.8.1.orig.tar.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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38_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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu38-dbg_3.8.1-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.