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Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1727-1 Moderate: Boost Input Validation Issue

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2013
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Enhance the security measures in Ubuntu 12.10 to address the Boost vulnerability, ensuring robust input validation for improved protection.
Boost incorrectly validated certain UTF-8 sequences.

Summary

Boost incorrectly validated certain UTF-8 sequences.

Software Description:

- boost1.49: C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks

Details:

It was discovered that the Boost.Locale library incorrectly validated some

invalid UTF-8 sequences. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

bypass input validation in certain applications.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Ubuntu input validation boost

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libboost-locale1.49.0           1.49.0-3.1ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2013-0252

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February 18, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Ubuntu input validation boost

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boost1.49/1.49.0-3.1ubuntu1.2

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