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USN-1128-1: Vino vulnerabilities

2 May 2011

An attacker could send crafted input to Vino and cause it to crash.

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Releases

Packages

  • vino - VNC server for GNOME

Details

Kevin Chen discovered that Vino incorrectly handled certain client
framebuffer requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Vino
to crash, leading to a denial of service.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04

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