Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 4 International Components for Unicode cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component International Components for Unicode. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1036. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 4 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component International Components for Unicode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating systems omits some invalid character sequences during conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The bug was discovered 05/28/2008. The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1036 since 02/26/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67807 (Oracle Linux 5 : icu (ELSA-2009-0296)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175187 (Debian Security Update for ICU (DSA-1762)).

Upgrading to version 5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 11 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42717), Tenable (67807), SecurityFocus (BID 29488†), OSVDB (45704†) and Secunia (SA30430†). The entries VDB-37528, VDB-39128, VDB-39127 and VDB-38768 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 67807
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : icu (ELSA-2009-0296)
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OpenVAS ID: 63733
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1762-1 (icu)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Linux 5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1036 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1036
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42592

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X-Force: 42717
SecurityFocus: 29488 - International Components for Unicode Invalid ISO Character Handling Vulnerability
Secunia: 30430
OSVDB: 45704 - CVE-2008-1036 - Apple - Mac OS X and Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020139
Vulnerability Center: 18515 - Apple Mac OS X International Components for Unicode (ICU) Allows Remote XSS Attacks, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1697

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/01/2025 06:50
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (76), 08/11/2019 08:37 (11), 06/01/2025 06:50 (20)
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