Security update for icu

SUSE Security Update: Security update for icu
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0051-1
Rating: moderate
References: #657910 #736146
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    This update is rereleased because some architectures were
    missed on the first try. It fixes the following security
    issues:

    * 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
    > )

    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 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-icu-7204
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-icu-7204
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-icu-7204
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-icu-7204

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libicu-devel-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libicu-devel-32bit-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • icu-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • libicu-32bit-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libicu-4.0-7.26.15
    • libicu-doc-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libicu-32bit-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libicu-4.0-7.26.15
    • libicu-doc-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libicu-32bit-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • libicu-x86-4.0-7.26.15
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • icu-4.0-7.26.15
    • libicu-4.0-7.26.15

    References:

    • 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=6d89f4b06ab2a4a8bb3c7b664635b47d