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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 3843-1 Critical: Pixman Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS has a critical pixman library vulnerability allowing code execution by non-privileged users. Update your system now to mitigate risks
pixman could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted instructions.

Summary

pixman could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially

crafted instructions.

Software Description:

- pixman: pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo

Details:

It was discovered that pixman incorrectly handled the general_composite_rect

function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause pixman to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu service outage pixman

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libpixman-1-0                   0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3843-1

CVE-2015-5297

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December 11, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu service outage pixman

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pixman/0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2

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