Ubuntu Security Notice USN-407-1
15th January, 2007
libgtop2 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- libgtop2-7 2.14.4-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libgtop2-7 2.14.1-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- libgtop2-5 2.12.0-0ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.