Details
An integer overflow has been discovered in X.org's font handling
library. By using a specially crafted font file, this could be
exploited to crash the X server or execute arbitrary code with root
privileges.
An integer overflow has been discovered in X.org's font handling
library. By using a specially crafted font file, this could be
exploited to crash the X server or execute arbitrary code with root
privileges.
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.06 dapper | libxfont1 – 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3.1 | ||
| 5.10 breezy | libxfont1 – 1:0.99.0+cvs.20050909-1.1 | ||
| 5.04 hoary | libfs6 – 6.8.2-10.3 | ||
| xserver-xorg – 6.8.2-10.3 | |||
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