Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-979-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research discovered a boundary error during RLE decompression in the "
TranscribePalmImageToJPEG()"
function in
generators/plucker/inplug/image.cpp of okular when processing images embedded in PDB files, which can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2010-2575)
Affected
kdegraphics vulnerability on Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-2575 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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