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Debian 7 DLA-1013-1: Moderate DoS Risk in Graphite2 Font Engine

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2017
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Upgrade the graphite2 package on your Debian 7 system to boost security and fix vulnerabilities that may lead to denial of service or code execution risks Follow the steps below
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 i...
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security advisory denial of service debian arbitrary code execution moderate severity graphite2

Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.3.10-1~deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphite2 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Package: graphite2
Version: 1.3.10-1~deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7771 CVE-2017-7772 CVE-2017-7773

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security advisory denial of service debian arbitrary code execution moderate severity graphite2

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