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Ubuntu 22.10 USN-5718-1 Critical: Pixman Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Advisory DSA-5205-1 addresses a severe libc vulnerability affecting multiple versions, posing a threat of system instability.
pixman could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted input.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu pixman

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: libpixman-1-0 0.40.0-1ubuntu0.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libpixman-1-0 0.40.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libpixman-1-0 0.38.4-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libpixman-1-0 0.34.0-2ubuntu0.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5718-1

CVE-2022-44638

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November 08, 2022

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security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu pixman

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pixman/0.40.0-1ubuntu0.22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pixman/0.40.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pixman/0.38.4-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pixman/0.34.0-2ubuntu0.1

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