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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3237-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3237-1
Posted Mar 20, 2017
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3237-1 - 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, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2016-10244
SHA-256 | 043ff2b27d9d296fe83b51e3661fdcb9e5855895d2618bc4c4729e92302fa76c

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3237-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3237-1
March 20, 2017

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

- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted font file.

Software Description:
- freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

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, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
libfreetype6 2.6.3-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.4

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3237-1
CVE-2016-10244

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.3-3ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.8-1ubuntu2.4



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