It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference in the code for handling transformations of monochrome profiles could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a specially crafted image. (CVE-2009-0793)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
12 January 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference in the code for handling transformations of monochrome profiles could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service through a specially crafted image. (CVE-2009-0793)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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