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TITLE:
Ubuntu update for xinit

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22469

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22469/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Ubuntu Linux 5.10
http://secunia.com/product/6606/
Ubuntu Linux 6.06
http://secunia.com/product/10611/

DESCRIPTION:
Ubuntu has issued an update for xinit. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain access to
system information.

For more information:
SA22439

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 5.10 --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 14146 c7b3963113b296e32c2ead0dd2af3a47
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 646 fd5405aa4f5fa0e4de8e8daefad75d0d
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 107406 599f9b66c0ee38be4fbbea79e5fdd638

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 27312 037df5b51d6dcf725f151d3c4aaaa3ae

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 26450 2e9440c1df9b104940129ca2239e0e04

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 28718 f89cf91b06749bb82d97ea501b829c96

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0+0.99.1-4ubuntu0.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 26844 ddc8f312a3071c237856eb878ec53abd

-- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS --

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 14629 4ccd21e14340b056874830203b05dc83
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 631 05dcb2791d94d1ee7a54f6c07cc2e854
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 111134 85a17ee07848a824c11c89f030c1aaf1

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 27652 12cb888246bdc623ecbebc96e6a6dd9c

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 26780 7f9b895edec9e0133f9b5b5fbed010d3

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 29016 0a32dd3d1a001c61bf9a48874a26c44c

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xinit/xinit_1.0.1-0ubuntu3.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 27146 8283ce116a633df7c39357ea5fc45b2c

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-364-1

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22439:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22439/

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