Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-887-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Tim Starling discovered that LibThai did not correctly handle long strings.
A remote attacker could use specially-formed strings to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
libthai vulnerability on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.10 ,
Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-4012 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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