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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: 955-1 Critical: OPIE Denial of Service Attack

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Calendar Grey June 21, 2010
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover the OPIE flaw in Ubuntu's management of extended usernames, posing a potential risk for remote denial of service attacks.
Maksymilian Arciemowicz and Adam Zabrocki discovered that OPIE incorrectly handled long usernames

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