USN-1132-1: apturl vulnerability
Description
It was discovered that apturl incorrectly handled certain long URLs. Ifa user were tricked into opening a very long URL, an attacker could causetheir desktop session to crash, leading to a denial of service. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: 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. LP: 783594
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- ubuntu-upgrade-apturl-common
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