Ubuntu Security Notice USN-280-1
4th May, 2006
xorg vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
The Render extension of the X.org server incorrectly calculated the
size of a memory buffer, which led to a buffer overflow. A local
attacker could exploit this to crash the X server or even execute
arbitrary code with root privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- xserver-xorg
- xserver-xorg-core
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- xserver-xorg
- xserver-xorg-core
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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