Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-665-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that Netpbm could be made to overrun a buffer when loading certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, remote attackers could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Affected
netpbm-free vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 7.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-0554 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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