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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63733
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1762-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'icu' package(s) announced via the DSA-1762-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'icu' package(s) announced via the DSA-1762-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that icu, the internal components for Unicode, did not properly sanitise invalid encoded data, which could lead to cross-site 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.

Affected Software/OS:
'icu' package(s) on Debian 4, Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1036
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 29412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
BugTraq ID: 29488
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
Cert/CC Advisory: TA08-150A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1762 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
http://secunia.com/advisories/34290
http://secunia.com/advisories/34777
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
XForce ISS Database: macosx-icu-security-bypass(42717)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
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