USN-1855-1: libxcb vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• libxcb - X C Binding

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

• libxcb1 - 1.8.1-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• libxcb1 - 1.8.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• libxcb1 - 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 10.04

• libxcb1 - 1.5-2ubuntu0.1

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

References

• CVE-2013-2064