============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1852-1 June 05, 2013 libdmx vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libdmx. Software Description: - libdmx: X11 Distributed Multihead extension library Details: Ilja van Sprundel discovered multiple security issues in various X.org libraries and components. An attacker could use these issues to cause applications to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: libdmx1 1:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libdmx1 1:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libdmx1 1:1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1852-1 CVE-2013-1992 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdmx/1:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdmx/1:1.1.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdmx/1:1.1.1-1ubuntu0.1