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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66749
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-887-1 (libthai)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to libthai
announced via advisory USN-887-1.

Details follow:

Tim Starling discovered that LibThai did not correctly handle long strings.
A remote attacker could use specially-formed strings to execute arbitrary
code with the user's privileges.

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

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libthai0 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 8.10:
libthai0 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.8.10.2

Ubuntu 9.04:
libthai0 0.1.9-4ubuntu0.9.04.2

Ubuntu 9.10:
libthai0 0.1.12-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-887-1

Risk factor : Critical

CVSS Score:
10.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4012
BugTraq ID: 37822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37822
Debian Security Information: DSA-1971 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1971
http://secunia.com/advisories/38196
http://secunia.com/advisories/38213
http://secunia.com/advisories/38235
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-887-1
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