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Ubuntu: USN-666-1 Critical: Libpng Security Flaw Mitigation Alert

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2008
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent security advisory for Ubuntu's Netpbm highlights significant buffer overflow flaws that impact several versions of the software.
It was discovered that Netpbm could be made to overrun a buffer when loading certain images

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security advisory buffer overflow Ubuntu critical advisory Denial of Service Netpbm

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netpbm-free vulnerability

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security advisory buffer overflow Ubuntu critical advisory Denial of Service Netpbm

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