Exploit/Advisories

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5510-2
July 12, 2022

xorg-server, xorg-server-hwe-16.04 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in X.Org X Server.

Software Description:
- xorg-server: X.Org X11 server
- xorg-server-hwe-16.04: X.Org X11 server

Details:

USN-5510-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in X.Org. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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 16.04 ESM:
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm2
xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm1
xwayland 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.12+esm2
xwayland-hwe-16.04 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.6+esm1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5510-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5510-1
CVE-2022-2319, CVE-2022-2320

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