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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2627-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2627-1
Posted Jun 3, 2015
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2627-1 - Jakub Wilk discovered that t1utils incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted font, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2015-3905
SHA-256 | 82132d922e6165a5a4f95fddd9d0ec2f82d4f9431332bd65921346b24ac0f2a7

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2627-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2627-1
June 03, 2015

t1utils vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

t1utils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- t1utils: Collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs

Details:

Jakub Wilk discovered that t1utils incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
font, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
t1utils 1.37-2.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
t1utils 1.37-2ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2627-1
CVE-2015-3905

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1utils/1.37-2.1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/t1utils/1.37-2ubuntu1.1

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