Apple Mac OS X International Components for Unicode security bypass

macos-icu-security-bypass (50488) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Apple Mac OS X could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an error in the International Components for Unicode implementation when handing certain character encodings. ICU converts invalid byte sequences to Unicode which may result in over-consumption, where trailing bytes are considered part of the original character. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass filters which could be leveraged to possibly launch cross-site scripting attacks.


Consequences:

Bypass Security

Remedy:

Apply Apple Security Update 2009-002, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

References:

  • Apple Web site: About the security content of Safari 4.0.
  • Apple Web site: About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7.
  • ASA-2009-254: icu security update (RHSA-2009-1122)
  • BID-34926: RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
  • BID-34974: International Components for Unicode Invalid Byte Sequence Handling Vulnerability
  • CVE-2009-0153: 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.
  • DSA-1889: icu -- programming error
  • OSVDB ID: 54447: Apple Mac OS X International Components for Unicode (ICU) Conversion XSS
  • RHSA-2009-1122: Moderate: icu security update
  • SA35074: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA35379: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SA35436: International Components for Unicode Conversion Error Security Bypass
  • SUSE-SR:2009:014: SUSE Security Summary Report
  • USN-846-1: ICU vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-1297: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-1522: Apple Safari Multiple Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2009-1621: Apple iPhone and iPod touch Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5
  • Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6
  • Apple Safari 0.8
  • Apple Safari 0.9
  • Apple Safari 1.0
  • Apple Safari 1.0.3
  • Apple Safari 1.1
  • Apple Safari 1.2
  • Apple Safari 1.3
  • Apple Safari 1.3.1
  • Apple Safari 1.3.2
  • Apple Safari 2.0
  • Apple Safari 2.0.2
  • Apple Safari 2.0.4
  • Apple Safari 3.0
  • Apple Safari 3.0.1
  • Apple Safari 3.0.2 Mac
  • Apple Safari 3.0.2
  • Apple Safari 3.0.3
  • Apple Safari 3.0.4
  • Apple Safari 3.1
  • Apple Safari 3.1.1
  • Apple Safari 3.1.2
  • Apple Safari 3.2
  • Apple Safari 3.2.1
  • Apple Safari 3.2.2
  • Apple Safari 3.2.3
  • Apple Safari 4.0 Beta
  • Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
  • Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
  • Debian Debian Linux 4.0
  • Debian Debian Linux 5.0
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.3.z EUS
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux Long Life 5.3

Reported:

May 12, 2009

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