1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-738-1

USN-738-1: GLib vulnerability

Publication date

16 March 2009

Overview

GLib vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

Diego Petteno discovered that the Base64 encoding functions in GLib did not
properly handle large strings. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing a crafted Base64 string, an attacker could possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Diego Petteno discovered that the Base64 encoding functions in GLib did not
properly handle large strings. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing a crafted Base64 string, an attacker could possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.10 intrepid libglib2.0-0 –  2.18.2-0ubuntu2.1
libglib2.0-udeb –  2.18.2-0ubuntu2.1
8.04 hardy libglib2.0-0 –  2.16.6-0ubuntu1.1
libglib2.0-udeb –  2.16.6-0ubuntu1.1
7.10 gutsy libglib2.0-0 –  2.14.1-1ubuntu1.1
libglib2.0-udeb –  2.14.1-1ubuntu1.1

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