A heap-based buffer overflow in okular.
Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research discovered a boundary error during RLE decompression in the “TranscribePalmImageToJPEG()” function in generators/plucker/inplug/image.cpp of okular when processing images embedded in PDB files, which can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2010-2575)
27 August 2010
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
A heap-based buffer overflow in okular.
Stefan Cornelius of Secunia Research discovered a boundary error during RLE decompression in the “TranscribePalmImageToJPEG()” function in generators/plucker/inplug/image.cpp of okular when processing images embedded in PDB files, which can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2010-2575)
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.
After a standard system update you need to restart any running instances of okular to make all the necessary changes.
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