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Ubuntu 15.04 USN-2739-1 Moderate: FreeType Denial Of Service

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=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
Several security issues were fixed in FreeType.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in FreeType.

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 or hang, resulting in

a denial of service, or possibly expose uninitialized memory.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu update instructions FreeType malformed font

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libfreetype6                    2.5.2-2ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libfreetype6                    2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libfreetype6                    2.4.8-1ubuntu2.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2739-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1449225, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1492124

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September 10, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update Ubuntu update instructions FreeType malformed font

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.5.2-2ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.8-1ubuntu2.3

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