USN-1128-1: Vino vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• vino - VNC server for GNOME

Details

Kevin Chen discovered that Vino incorrectly handled certain client
framebuffer requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Vino
to crash, leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

• vino - 2.22.2-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.04

• vino - 2.32.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.10

• vino - 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.04

• vino - 2.28.2-0ubuntu2.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2011-0904
• CVE-2011-0905