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USN-1853-1: libfs vulnerability

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USN-1853-1: libfs vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/15/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/08/2014
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

X.org libFS 1.0.4 and earlier allows X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to an unexpected sign extension in the FSOpenServer function.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libfs6

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