Summary
The remote host is missing an update to icu
announced via advisory USN-747-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libicu34 3.4.1a-1ubuntu1.6.06.2
Ubuntu 7.10:
libicu36 3.6-3ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libicu38 3.8-6ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
libicu38 3.8.1-2ubuntu0.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart applications linked against libicu, such as OpenOffice.org, to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-747-1
Insight
It was discovered that libicu did not correctly handle certain invalid encoded data. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted data with applications linked against libicu, certain content filters could be bypassed.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-2426, CVE-2008-1036, CVE-2008-4316, CVE-2009-1093, CVE-2009-1094, CVE-2009-1095, CVE-2009-1096, CVE-2009-1097, CVE-2009-1098, CVE-2009-1100, CVE-2009-1101, CVE-2009-1102 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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