Description
boost::locale::utf::utf_traits in the Boost.Locale library in Boost 1.48 through 1.52 does not properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to bypass input validation protection mechanisms via crafted trailing bytes.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481 ↗
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650 ↗
- http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 ↗