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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-333-1 August 09, 2006 libwmf vulnerability CVE-2006-3376 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8-1.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 5.10: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.3-3.1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: An integer overflow was found in the handling of the MaxRecordSize field in the WMF header parser. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted WMF image file with an application that uses this library, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.