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Ubuntu USN-738-1 (glib2.0)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to glib2.0 announced via advisory USN-738-1.
Insight
Insight
Diego Petten discovered that the Base64 encoding functions in GLib did not properly handle large strings. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a crafted Base64 string, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Solution
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: libglib2.0-0 2.14.1-1ubuntu1.1 libglib2.0-udeb 2.14.1-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-0ubuntu1.1 libglib2.0-udeb 2.16.6-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 8.10: libglib2.0-0 2.18.2-0ubuntu2.1 libglib2.0-udeb 2.18.2-0ubuntu2.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-738-1