Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63038
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-693-1 (LittleCMS)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-693-1 (LittleCMS)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to LittleCMS announced via advisory USN-693-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that certain gamma operations in lcms were not correctly bounds-checked. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a malicious image, a remote attacker could crash applications linked against liblcms1, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: liblcms1 1.16-5ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: liblcms1 1.16-7ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 8.10: liblcms1 1.16-10ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-693-1 Risk factor : Critical
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5317 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/3 Debian Security Information: DSA-1684 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1684 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0011.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-693-1 BugTraq ID: 32708 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32708 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10685 http://secunia.com/advisories/33066 http://secunia.com/advisories/33219 XForce ISS Database: lcms-cmsallocgamma-bo(47120) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47120
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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