=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1980-1
September 30, 2013

vino 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:

Vino could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- vino: VNC server for GNOME

Details:

Jonathan Claudius discovered that Vino incorrectly handled closing invalid
connections. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Vino to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
  vino                            3.6.2-0ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  vino                            3.6.0-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  vino                            3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1980-1
  CVE-2013-5745

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/3.6.2-0ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/3.6.0-0ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3


Ubuntu 1980-1: Vino vulnerability

September 30, 2013
Vino could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: vino 3.6.2-0ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 12.10: vino 3.6.0-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: vino 3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1980-1

CVE-2013-5745

Severity
September 30, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/3.6.2-0ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/3.6.0-0ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3

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