Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-504-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Hendrik Tews discovered that emacs21 did not correctly handle certain GIF images. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted GIF, a remote attacker could cause emacs21 to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected
emacs21 vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10 ,
Ubuntu 7.04
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2833 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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