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| Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> |
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| ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com |
| Subject: |
| [USN-1865-1] libxt vulnerabilities |
| Date: |
| Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:29:52 -0400 |
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| <51AF83A0.4040908@canonical.com> |
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1865-1
June 05, 2013
libxt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in libxt.
Software Description:
- libxt: X11 toolkit intrinsics library
Details:
Ilja van Sprundel discovered multiple security issues in various X.org
libraries and components. An attacker could use these issues to cause
applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
libxt6 1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.13.04.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
libxt6 1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libxt6 1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libxt6 1:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.1
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1865-1
CVE-2013-2002, CVE-2013-2005
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.1.3-1ubunt...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.1.3-1ubunt...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.1.1-2ubunt...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.0.7-1ubunt...
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