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Ubuntu 12.10 USN-1635-1 Moderate: libunity-webapps Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2012
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libunity-webapps exploit threatens system stability or unauthorized code execution through harmful websites. Ensure Ubuntu 12.10 is patched promptly for security.
libunity-webapps could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a malicious website.

Summary

libunity-webapps could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a malicious website.

Software Description:

- libunity-webapps: UnityWebapps library

Details:

It was discovered that libunity-webapps improperly handled certain hash

tables. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libunity-webapps

to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote code execution ubuntu libunity-webapps

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libunity-webapps0               2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2012-4551

Severity
important
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November 21, 2012

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote code execution ubuntu libunity-webapps

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libunity-webapps/2.4.1-0ubuntu3.2

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