Ubuntu Security Notice 1871-1 - 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.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1871-1
June 10, 2013
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome, xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal
vulnerability
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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
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in xserver-xorg-video-openchrome.
Software Description:
- xserver-xorg-video-openchrome: X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
- xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal: X.Org X server -- VIA
display driver
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:
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.904+svn1050-1ubuntu0.1
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal 1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1~precise3
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1871-1
CVE-2013-1994
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/1:0.2.904+svn1050-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal/1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1~precise3