USN-845-1: Pan vulnerability

iBot · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009

Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-2363

Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-845-1 October 08, 2009pan vulnerabilityCVE-2008-2363===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 8.04 LTSThis advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: pan 0.132-2ubuntu2.1In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect thenecessary changes.Details follow:Pavel Polischouk discovered that Pan incorrectly handled certain datastructures. If a user were tricked into viewing malicious nntp data, aremote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly executearbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

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