USN-5778-1: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
14 December 2022
Several security issues were fixed in X.Org X Server.
Releases
Packages
- xorg-server - X.Org X11 server
- xorg-server-hwe-18.04 - X.Org X11 server
- xwayland - X server for running X clients under Wayland
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.
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
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xserver-xorg-core
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2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13
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xwayland
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2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13
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xwayland-hwe-18.04
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2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9
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xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04
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2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.