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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-1990-1] X.Org X server vulnerabilities (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:25:41 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1990-1] X.Org X server vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <52601D95.6020601@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1990-1
October 17, 2013

xorg-server, xorg-server-lts-quantal, xorg-server-lts-raring vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The X.Org X server could be made to crash or run programs as an
administrator if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- xorg-server: X.Org X11 server
- xorg-server-lts-quantal: X.Org X11 server
- xorg-server-lts-raring: X.Org X11 server

Details:

Pedro Ribeiro discovered that the X.Org X server incorrectly handled
memory operations when handling ImageText requests. An attacker could use
this issue to cause X.Org to crash, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-4396)

It was discovered that non-root X.Org X servers such as Xephyr incorrectly
used cached xkb files. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a xkb
cache file to be loaded by another user, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2013-1056)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.14
xserver-xorg-core-lts-quantal 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1~precise4
xserver-xorg-core-lts-raring 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6~precise3

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1990-1
CVE-2013-1056, CVE-2013-4396

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.14

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-lts-quantal/2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1~precise4

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-lts-raring/2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6~precise3


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