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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5614-2 Critical: Wayland Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability found in Wayland on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM may cause unexpected crashes or allow unauthorized application execution. It's crucial to apply updates.
Wayland could be made to crash or run programs.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: libwayland-bin 1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3+esm1 libwayland-client0 1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3+esm1 libwayland-cursor0 1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3+esm1 libwayland-server0 1.12.0-1~ubuntu16.04.3+esm1 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5614-2

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

CVE-2021-3782

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October 03, 2022

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