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Ubuntu: 738-1 Critical: GLib Base64 Command Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2009
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Tackling a significant GLib vulnerability that permits unauthorized code execution through specially designed Base64 encoded strings in Ubuntu platforms.
Diego Petten discovered that the Base64 encoding functions in GLib did notproperly handle large strings

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security advisory critical software update code execution ubuntu glib base64

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glib2.0 vulnerability

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security advisory critical software update code execution ubuntu glib base64

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