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Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10 USN-531-1 Critical DHCP Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-532-1 indicates a severe vulnerability in the networking stack that permits unauthorized remote access. Patch immediately!
Nahuel Riva and Gerardo Richarte discovered that the DHCP server did not correctly handle certain client options

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security advisory critical remote execution attack ubuntu dhcp server issue

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-531-1 October 22, 2007

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security advisory critical remote execution attack ubuntu dhcp server issue

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