Ubuntu 13.04: USN-1871-1 Critical: Xserver Openchrome Denial of Service

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June 10, 2013

Several security issues were fixed in xserver-xorg-video-openchrome.

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.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu xserver-xorg-video-openchrome

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.