Debian: DSA-3839-1: freetype security update

Date28 Apr 2017

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Freetype. Opening malformed fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3839-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 28, 2017                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : freetype
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-10244 CVE-2017-8105 CVE-2017-8287
Debian Bug     : 856971 861220 861308

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Freetype. Opening malformed
fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary
code.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.2-3+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

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