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TITLE:
International Components for Unicode Conversion Error Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34246

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34246/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in International Components for
Unicode, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions.

A conversion error exists in ICU when handling certain character
encodings. This can potentially be exploited bypass content filters
and may lead to cross-site scripting and disclosure of sensitive
information.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.8.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in version 4.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
First reported in an Apple Mac OS X Security Update.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/6175
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/6198

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30430:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430/

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