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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-4905-1 Critical: X.Org X Server DoS

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The X.Org X Server running on Ubuntu contains a security flaw that can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution via specially crafted inputs.
X.Org X Server could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.9 xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.5 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12 xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4905-1

CVE-2021-3472

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April 13, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.20.9-2ubuntu1.2~20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-hwe-18.04/2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-hwe-16.04/2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6

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