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TITLE:
Ubuntu update for libmms

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20964

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20964/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Ubuntu Linux 5.10
http://secunia.com/product/6606/

DESCRIPTION:
Ubuntu has issued an update for libmms. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA20749

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms_0.1-0ubuntu1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 4933 76da674c4ce46f604acb09b473f72f1d
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms_0.1-0ubuntu1.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 607 3f7b2613ed4bda8a5d943141aa85d2d5
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms_0.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 317089 ebd88537af9875265e41ee65603ecd1a

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms-dev_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 19656 5f4757ce0808238ce09df147b0a16251
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms0_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 16042 bd2e57f384bad19a121b3d93c6ff7ec8

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms-dev_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 18078 30ea92c953e77a62cea90060c5ffe195
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms0_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 14840 645668e9bf1b15cd3e7993bc8e66c6bd

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms-dev_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 20206 ee2b12725fcaaaae1f2eb94a4fbf6e10
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms0_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 17700 013e1564d0aa094eddf28ae0723e264b

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms-dev_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 19894 b0e5d23a750dad2a0e2fa528e4ba9e02
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmms/libmms0_0.1-0ubuntu1.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 16176 3246a55286c83b1ff2b3a6fc47ee4241

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-309-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20749:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20749

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