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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5778-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 5778-1 - 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.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5778-1December 14, 2022xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-18.04, xwayland vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 22.10- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS- Ubuntu 18.04 LTSSummary:Several security issues were fixed in X.Org X Server.Software Description:- xorg-server: X.Org X11 server- xwayland: X server for running X clients under Wayland- xorg-server-hwe-18.04: X.Org X11 serverDetails:Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that X.Org X Server extensions containedmultiple security issues. An attacker could possibly use these issues tocause the X Server to crash, execute arbitrary code, or escalateprivileges.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 22.10: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.3 xwayland 2:22.1.3-2ubuntu0.2Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5 xwayland 2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.4Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.5 xwayland 2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.5Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13 xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9 xwayland 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13 xwayland-hwe-18.04 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make allthe necessary changes.References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5778-1 CVE-2022-4283, CVE-2022-46340, CVE-2022-46341, CVE-2022-46342, CVE-2022-46343, CVE-2022-46344Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:21.1.4-2ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xwayland/2:22.1.3-2ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:21.1.3-2ubuntu2.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xwayland/2:22.1.1-1ubuntu0.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.20.13-1ubuntu1~20.04.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.13 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server-hwe-18.04/2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.9
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