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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-887-1: Code Execution Risk in libthai

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Calendar Grey January 18, 2010
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The updated notice regarding LibThai's string manipulation flaw impacting Ubuntu systems. Urgent updates advised.
Tim Starling discovered that LibThai did not correctly handle long strings

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security advisory code execution remote attack ubuntu string handling libthai severity medium

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Here is the corrected version.

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security advisory code execution remote attack ubuntu string handling libthai severity medium

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