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Ubuntu 12.04: USN-3843-2 Moderate: Pixman Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3843-2 pertains to a problem with pixman that might lead to crashes or permit unapproved execution of applications.
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:

USN-3843-1 fixed a vulnerability in pixman. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libpixman-1-0                   0.30.2-1ubuntu0.0.0.0.4

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3843-2

 

  CVE-2015-5297

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December 11, 2018

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