Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting icu package, versions <4.0.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.08% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-ICU-515910
  • published13 May 2009
  • disclosed13 May 2009

Introduced: 13 May 2009

CVE-2009-0153  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 icu to version 4.0.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icu package and not the icu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

International Components for Unicode (ICU) 4.0, 3.6, and other 3.x versions, as used in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Fedora 9 and 10, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly handle invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

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