Several security issues were fixed in libxt.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1865-1 June 05, 2013 libxt vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libxt. Software Description: - libxt: X11 toolkit intrinsics library Details: Ilja van Sprundel discovered multiple security issues in various X.org libraries and components. An attacker could use these issues to cause applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: libxt6 1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libxt6 1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libxt6 1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libxt6 1:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1865-1 CVE-2013-2002, CVE-2013-2005 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.1.3-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxt/1:1.0.7-1ubuntu0.1 . Resolutions for several vulnerabilities in libxt impacting numerous Ubuntu builds were issued on June 05, 2013.. Ubuntu Security, libxt Issues, Denial of Service Threats. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Ilja van Sprundel of IOActive discovered several security issues in multiple components of the X.org graphics stack and the related libraries: Various integer overflows, sign handling errors in integer conversions, buffer overflows, memory corruption and missing input . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2680-1
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