rPath alert rPSA-2009-0064-1 (icu)

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rPSA-2009-0064-1 icu 
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Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:11:47 -0400
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rPath Security Advisory: 2009-0064-1
Published: 2009-04-17
Products:
    rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
    rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
    rPath Linux 1
    rPath Linux 2

Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect Deterministic Weakness
Updated Versions:
    icu=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/3.4-5.2-1
    icu=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/3.8.1-2.1-1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2995

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1036

Description:
    Previous versions of the International Components to Unicode
    (ICU) library omit some invalid character sequences during
    conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote
    attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064

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