USN-407-1: libgtop2 vulnerability
15 January 2007
libgtop2 vulnerability
Releases
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 versions:
Ubuntu 6.10
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libgtop2-7
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2.14.4-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 6.06
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libgtop2-7
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2.14.1-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 5.10
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libgtop2-5
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2.12.0-0ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.