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Ubuntu 6.06, 7.10, 8.04 LTS USN-697-1 Critical: Imlib2 DoS

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Calendar Grey December 22, 2008
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover the Imlib2 flaw in Ubuntu that enables denial of service via corrupt image files and explore methods to mitigate this issue.
It was discovered that Imlib2 did not correctly handle certain malformed XPM and PNG images

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security advisory denial of service update critical ubuntu image exploit imlib2

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imlib2 vulnerability

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security advisory denial of service update critical ubuntu image exploit imlib2

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