=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1859-1
June 05, 2013

libxi vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
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 libxi.

Software Description:
- libxi: X11 Input extension 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:
  libxi6                          2:1.6.99.1-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libxi6                          2:1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libxi6                          2:1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libxi6                          2:1.3-3ubuntu0.2

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1859-1
  CVE-2013-1984, CVE-2013-1995, CVE-2013-1998

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.6.99.1-0ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.3-3ubuntu0.2


Ubuntu 1859-1: libxi vulnerabilities

June 5, 2013
Several security issues were fixed in libxi.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: libxi6 2:1.6.99.1-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libxi6 2:1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libxi6 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libxi6 2:1.3-3ubuntu0.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1859-1

CVE-2013-1984, CVE-2013-1995, CVE-2013-1998

Severity
June 05, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.6.99.1-0ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxi/2:1.3-3ubuntu0.2

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