USN-515-1: t1lib vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• t1lib -

Details

It was discovered that t1lib does not properly perform bounds checking
which can result in a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could
send specially crafted input to applications linked against t1lib which
could result in a DoS or arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.04

• libt1-5 - 5.1.0-2ubuntu0.7.04.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• libt1-5 - 5.1.0-2ubuntu0.6.10.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libt1-5 - 5.1.0-2ubuntu0.6.06.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-4033