libicu in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.8.1 and earlier attempts to process backreferences to the nonexistent capture group zero (aka 0), which might allow context-dependent attackers to read from, or write to, out-of-bounds memory locations, related to corruption of REStackFrames.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| International_components_for_unicode | Icu-project | * | 3.8.1 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | icu-0:3.6-5.11.1 | * |
| Icu | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Icu | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Icu | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Icu | Ubuntu | gutsy | * |
| Icu | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28575
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28783
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29291
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29910
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30179
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429023
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39938
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11172
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5507
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28575
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28669
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28783
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29291
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29910
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30179
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429023
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39938
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11172
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5507
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html