Security update for icu

SUSE Security Update: Security update for icu
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0108-1
Rating: moderate
References: #657910 #736146
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    The following bugs have been fixed:

    * Specially crafted strings could cause a buffer
    overflow in icu (CVE-2011-4599).
    * An integer overflow in the getSymbol() function could
    crash applications using icu (CVE-2010-4409)

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2011-4599
    >
    * CVE-2010-4409
    >

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-icu-5653
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-icu-5653
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-icu-5653
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-icu-5653

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • icu-4.0-7.26.1
    • libicu-devel-4.0-7.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (x86_64):
    • libicu-32bit-4.0-7.26.1
    • libicu-devel-32bit-4.0-7.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libicu-4.0-7.26.1
    • libicu-doc-4.0-7.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libicu-32bit-4.0-7.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • libicu-4.0-7.26.1
    • libicu-doc-4.0-7.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64):
    • libicu-32bit-4.0-7.26.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • icu-4.0-7.26.1
    • libicu-4.0-7.26.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4409.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4599.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/657910
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/736146
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2540afd2905eca402cf116706caf8efd