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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS USN-511-1 Critical Rpcsecgss Remote Code Execution
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September 4, 2007
A non-validated assault can leverage RPCSEC_GSS components across various Ubuntu releases, granting root-level code execution.
It was discovered that the libraries handling RPCSEC_GSS did not correctly validate the size of certain packet structures
Summary
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security advisory
critical
remote code execution
ubuntu
rpcsecgss
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-511-1 September 04, 2007
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