Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-407-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Liu Qishuai discovered a buffer overflow in the /proc parsing routines in libgtop. By creating and running a process in a specially crafted long path and tricking an user into running gnome-system-monitor, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
libgtop2 vulnerability on Ubuntu 5.10 ,
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-0235 -
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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