Debian: DSA-3894-1: graphite2 security update

Date 22 Jun 2017

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Graphite font rendering engine which might result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed font file is processed.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3894-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
June 22, 2017                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : graphite2
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-7771 CVE-2017-7772 CVE-2017-7773 CVE-2017-7774 
                 CVE-2017-7775 CVE-2017-7776 CVE-2017-7777 CVE-2017-7778

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Graphite font rendering
engine which might result in denial of service or the execution of
arbitrary code if a malformed font file is processed.
		       
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.3.10-1~deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
prior to the initial release.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphite2 packages.

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