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Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06 LTS, 6.10 USN-407-1 Critical: Libgtop2 Buffer Overflow
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January 15, 2007
A paramount security notice for Ubuntu has been issued concerning a libgtop2 buffer overflow flaw that could permit remote code execution.
Liu Qishuai discovered a buffer overflow in the /proc parsing routines in libgtop
Summary
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critical issue
buffer overflow
system upgrade
ubuntu
libgtop2
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