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Ubuntu 6.06-7.10 USN-604-1 Moderate: Gnumeric Remote Code Execution

ubuntu
Calendar Grey April 21, 2008
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in Gnumeric may enable remote code execution through specially designed XLS files. System updates are necessary to mitigate risks.
Thilo Pfennig and Morten Welinder discovered that the XLS spreadsheet handling code in Gnumeric did not correctly calculate needed memory sizes. If a user or automated system wer...

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security advisory remote code execution gnumeric memory issue ubuntu

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-604-1 April 22, 2008

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security advisory remote code execution gnumeric memory issue ubuntu

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