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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
7 September 2006
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
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.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.
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