CVE-2011-4599: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Jun 21 2012(Updated: )
International Components for Unicode is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the _canonicalize( ) function. By supplying a negative len value, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Icu-project International Components For Unicode | <49.1 |
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Reference Links
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1073530 (Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47674
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47146
- http://www.osvdb.org/77698
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47775
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47227
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
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