Submitted by KeesCook on Thu, 2007-02-01 12:07
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2007-0010
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-415-1 February 01, 2007
gtk+2.0 vulnerability
CVE-2007-0010
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
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 5.10:
libgtk2.0-0 2.8.6-0ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libgtk2.0-0 2.8.20-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 6.10:
libgtk2.0-0 2.10.6-0ubuntu3.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to
effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
A flaw was discovered in the error handling of GTK's image loading
library. Applications opening certain corrupted images could be made to
crash, causing a denial of service.


