USN-5510-1: X.Org X Server vulnerabilities
12 July 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 - Xwayland X server
Details
Jan-Niklas Sohn discovered that the X.Org X Server incorrectly handled
certain inputs. An attacker could use this issue to cause the server to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code and escalate privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
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xserver-xorg-core
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2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.11
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xwayland
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2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.11
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xwayland-hwe-18.04
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2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.7
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xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04
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2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.2~18.04.7
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5510-2: xorg-server-source-hwe-16.04, xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04, xserver-common, xwayland-hwe-16.04, xdmx-tools, xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04, xserver-xorg-dev, xvfb, xserver-xorg-core, xorg-server-source, xserver-xorg-legacy, xorg-server, xmir-hwe-16.04, xnest, xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04, xwayland, xserver-xephyr, xdmx, xorg-server-hwe-16.04, xmir, xserver-xephyr-hwe-16.04, xserver-xorg-xmir