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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4126-1
September 09, 2019
freetype vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if
if it opened a specially crafted font file.
Software Description:
– freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library
Details:
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1
CVE-2015-9383
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4126-2
September 09, 2019
freetype vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if it opened a
specially crafted font file.
Software Description:
– freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library
Details:
USN-4126-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2015-9381, CVE-2015-9382)
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2015-9383)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libfreetype6 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
libfreetype6 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.7
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1
CVE-2015-9381, CVE-2015-9382, CVE-2015-9383
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