Package        : libxcursor
Version        : 1:1.1.14-1+deb8u2
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-9262 
Debian Bug     : #906012

It was discovered that there was a denial of service or (potentially code
execution) vulnerability in libxcursor, a library designed to help locate
and load cursors for the X Window System.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this issue has been fixed in libxcursor version
1:1.1.14-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxcursor packages.


Regards,

- -- 
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

Debian LTS: DLA-1469-1: libxcursor security update

August 18, 2018
It was discovered that there was a denial of service or (potentially code execution) vulnerability in libxcursor, a library designed to help locate and load cursors for the X Windo...

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your libxcursor packages.


Regards,

- --
,''`.
: :' : Chris Lamb
`. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
`-



Severity
Package : libxcursor
Version : 1:1.1.14-1+deb8u2
CVE ID : CVE-2015-9262
Debian Bug : #906012

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