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USN-2436-1: X.Org X server vulnerabilities

9 December 2014

Several security issues were fixed in the X.Org X server.

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Packages

Details

Ilja van Sprundel discovered a multitude of security issues in the X.Org X
server. An attacker able to connect to an X server, either locally or
remotely, could use these issues to cause the X server to crash or execute
arbitrary code resulting in possible privilege escalation.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-2438-1: nvidia-current-updates-dev, libcuda1-331-updates, nvidia-319, nvidia-current, nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates, nvidia-304-dev, libcuda1-331, nvidia-331-uvm, nvidia-319-dev, nvidia-graphics-drivers-331, nvidia-current-updates, nvidia-304-updates-dev, nvidia-331-updates-dev, nvidia-experimental-304-dev, nvidia-opencl-icd-331, nvidia-331, nvidia-331-dev, nvidia-331-updates-uvm, nvidia-304, nvidia-331-updates, libcuda1-304, nvidia-opencl-icd-304, nvidia-experimental-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304, nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates, nvidia-libopencl1-331, nvidia-319-updates, nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates, nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates, nvidia-304-updates, nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates, nvidia-current-dev, nvidia-319-updates-dev, nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates, nvidia-libopencl1-304, libcuda1-304-updates