gnome-panel restarts or completely blocked
Bug #503868 reported by
pietroliva
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Panel |
Fix Released
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Medium
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gnome-panel (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-panel
Gnome-panel 2.28.0 restarts or completely blocks the computer (need to turn off by removing battery). I'm using ubuntu 9.10.
This happens because gnome-panel doesn't properly check the file .gtk-bookmarks that if specially crafted produces this dos.
I've made a proof of concept so you can quickly test this bug. I don't know if this can produce code execution because i don't have time to debug but surely produces this denial of service.
Related branches
visibility: | private → public |
description: | updated |
Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
Changed in gnome-panel: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
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Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.