Ubuntu Update for dvipng vulnerability USN-936-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-936-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN9361.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for dvipng vulnerability USN-936-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : dvipng vulnerability (USN-936-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that dvipng incorrectly handled certain malformed dvi files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted dvi file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges ...