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Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 LTS: USN-1869-1 Moderate: libxxf86dga DoS

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2013
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Address vulnerabilities in the libxxf86dga library impacting Ubuntu platforms, implementing urgent patches to mitigate risks of possible attacks.
Several security issues were fixed in libxxf86dga.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libxxf86dga.

Software Description:

- libxxf86dga: X11 Direct Graphics Access 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:
  libxxf86dga1                    2:1.1.3-2ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libxxf86dga1                    2:1.1.3-2ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libxxf86dga1                    2:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1869-1

CVE-2013-1991, CVE-2013-2000

June 05, 2013

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