Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-936-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Dan Rosenberg discovered that dvipng incorrectly handled certain malformed dvi files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted dvi file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Affected
dvipng vulnerability on Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0829 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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