USN-1714-1: QXL graphics driver vulnerability

5 February 2013

Guests using the QXL graphics driver could be caused to hang or crash.

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It was discovered that the QXL graphics driver incorrectly handled
terminated connections. An attacker that could connect to a guest using
SPICE and the QXL graphics driver could cause the guest to hang or crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10

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

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