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Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04 USN-504-1 Critical: Emacs21 Remote DoS

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Calendar Grey August 28, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in Emacs21 permits remote adversaries to induce system failures through specially crafted PNG files, as outlined in Debian security bulletin DSA-3456-1.
Hendrik Tews discovered that emacs21 did not correctly handle certain GIF images

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security advisory denial of service remote exploit critical ubuntu emacs21

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-504-1 August 28, 2007

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security advisory denial of service remote exploit critical ubuntu emacs21

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