Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-683-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that Imlib2 did not correctly handle certain malformed XPM images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image with an application that uses Imlib2, an attacker could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
imlib2 vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 7.10 ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5187 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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