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AA-2009.0146 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux] -- International Components for Unicode: Cross-site Scripting

Date: 22 June 2009
References: ESB-2009.0459 ESB-2009.1238 ESB-2009.1297

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AA-2009.0146                  AUSCERT Advisory

                             [Win][UNIX/Linux]
        International Components for Unicode: Cross-site Scripting
                               22 June 2009
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              ICU
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact:               Cross-site Scripting
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2009-0153
Member content until: Monday, July 20 2009

Ref:                  ESB-2009.0459

OVERVIEW:

       International Components (ICU) for Unicode is vulnerable to a 
       cross-site scripting attack due to improper handling of certain
       character encodings.


IMPACT:

       ICU does not correctly handle invalid byte sequences with certain 
       character encodings during Unicode conversion, effectively violating 
       the fundamental encoding scheme. [1, 2]


MITIGATION:

       It is recommended to update to version 4.0, available from the 
       vendor's website. [3]


REFERENCES:

       [1] conversion: consistent illegal sequences
           http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/5691

       [2] CVE-2009-0153
           http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0153

       [3] Download ICU 4.0 release
           http://icu-project.org/download/4.0.html

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described is the responsibility of each user or organisation. The decision to
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If you believe that your computer system has been compromised or attacked in 
any way, we encourage you to let us know by completing the secure National IT 
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