USN-561-1: pwlib vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• pwlib -

Details

Jose Miguel Esparza discovered that pwlib did not correctly handle large
string lengths. A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to
applications linked against pwlib (e.g. Ekiga) causing them to crash, leading
to a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10

• libpt-1.10.0 - 1.10.10-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 7.04

• libpt-1.10.0 - 1.10.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• libpt-1.10.0 - 1.10.2.dfsg-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libpt-1.10.0 - 1.10.0-1ubuntu1.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-4897