USN-5778-1: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities

14 December 2022

Several security issues were fixed in X.Org X Server.

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Details

Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that X.Org X Server extensions contained
multiple security issues. An attacker could possibly use these issues to
cause the X Server to crash, execute arbitrary code, or escalate
privileges.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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

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