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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5614-1 Critical: Wayland Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Enhance your Ubuntu installation by applying the latest updates to address the Wayland security flaw, thus safeguarding against possible attacks and maintaining robust functionality.
Wayland could be made to crash or run programs.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical software update ubuntu wayland

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libwayland-bin 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-client0 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-egl1 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-server0 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libwayland-bin 1.18.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-client0 1.18.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-egl1 1.18.0-1ubuntu0.1 libwayland-server0 1.18.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libwayland-bin 1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1~18.04.4 libwayland-client0 1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1~18.04.4 libwayland-egl1 1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1~18.04.4 libwayland-server0 1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1~18.04.4 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5614-1

CVE-2021-3782

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September 15, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical software update ubuntu wayland

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wayland/1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wayland/1.18.0-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wayland/1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1~18.04.4

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