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Ubuntu: USN-572-2 Critical: Gnome Shell Memory Leak Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 18, 2008
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several buffer overflows present in Ubuntu X.org components may permit attackers to attain root access. It is essential to apply security updates promptly.
Multiple overflows were discovered in the XFree86-Misc, XInput-Misc, TOG-CUP, EVI, and MIT-SHM extensions which did not correctly validate function arguments

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-571-1 January 18, 2008

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