1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-972-1

USN-972-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 August 2010

Overview

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Details

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic libfreetype6 –  2.3.9-5ubuntu0.2
9.04 jaunty libfreetype6 –  2.3.9-4ubuntu0.3
8.04 hardy libfreetype6 –  2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.4
6.06 dapper libfreetype6 –  2.1.10-1ubuntu2.8
10.04 lucid libfreetype6 –  2.3.11-1ubuntu2.2

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