Ubuntu has released updated packages to address a vulnerability identified in Dhcdbd. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error when handling malformed DHCP responses, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application and cause NetworkManager to stop working.
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Vulnerabilitiy reported by Florian Hackenberger
ChangeLog
2006-06-18 : Initial release
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