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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-551-1: Critical libjpeg Turbo Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey December 3, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Identify the vulnerability within libcairo in Ubuntu that affects multiple versions, allowing remote code execution via specially designed PNG files.
Peter Valchev discovered that Cairo did not correctly decode PNG image data. By tricking a user or automated system into processing a specially crafted PNG with Cairo, a remote a...

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security advisory critical Ubuntu remote execution PNG exploit

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-550-1 December 03, 2007

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security advisory critical Ubuntu remote execution PNG exploit

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