USN-1856-1: libxcursor vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• libxcursor - X cursor management 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

• libxcursor1 - 1:1.1.13-1ubuntu0.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• libxcursor1 - 1:1.1.13-1ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• libxcursor1 - 1:1.1.12-1ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-2003