USN-887-1Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | LibThai vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-887-1 | First vendor Publication | 2010-01-18 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2010-01-18 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentification | None Required |
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Detail
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 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 8.04 LTS: libthai0 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 8.10: libthai0 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.8.10.2 Ubuntu 9.04: libthai0 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.9.04.2 Ubuntu 9.10: libthai0 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Tim Starling discovered that LibThai did not correctly handle long strings. A remote attacker could use specially-formed strings to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-887-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-189 | Numeric Errors |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 61715 | LibThai Unspecified String Handling Overflows |
(Critical)
