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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2536-1
March 18, 2015
libxfont vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
libXfont could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator
if it opened a specially crafted bdf font file.
Software Description:
– libxfont: X11 font rasterisation library
Details:
Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith, and William Robinet discovered that
libXfont incorrectly handled malformed bdf fonts. A local attacker could
use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary
code in order to gain privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libxfont1 1:1.4.99.901-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libxfont1 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libxfont1 1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libxfont1 1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.4
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2536-1
CVE-2015-1802, CVE-2015-1803, CVE-2015-1804
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.99.901-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxfont/1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.4
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