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SuSE 10 Security Update : icu (ZYPP Patch Number 6422)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41522

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

icu does not properly handle invalid byte sequences during Unicode conversion. Remote attackers could potentially exploit that to conduct conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2009-0153)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6422.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0153.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41522

File Name: suse_icu-6422.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0153

CWE: 79