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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-1867-1 Critical Denial of Service In Libxv

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Several security issues were fixed in libxv.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1867-1
June 05, 2013

libxv 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

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libxv.

Software Description:
- libxv: X11 Video 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:
  libxv1                          2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libxv1                          2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libxv1                          2:1.0.6-2ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1867-1
  CVE-2013-1989, CVE-2013-2066

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxv/2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.13.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxv/2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxv/2:1.0.6-2ubuntu0.1


Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-1867-1 Critical Denial of Service In Libxv

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2013
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Ubuntu Security Alert USN-1867-1 has been issued to resolve several vulnerabilities in libxv that impact different versions of the Ubuntu operating system.
Several security issues were fixed in libxv.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: libxv1 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libxv1 2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libxv1 2:1.0.6-2ubuntu0.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1867-1

CVE-2013-1989, CVE-2013-2066

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June 05, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxv/2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxv/2:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxv/2:1.0.6-2ubuntu0.1

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