USN-845-1: Pan vulnerability
USN-845-1: Pan vulnerability
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-2363
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-845-1 October 08, 2009
pan vulnerability
CVE-2008-2363
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
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:
pan 0.132-2ubuntu2.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
Pavel Polischouk discovered that Pan incorrectly handled certain data
structures. If a user were tricked into viewing malicious nntp data, a
remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
