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

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Several security issues were fixed in FreeType.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2739-1
September 10, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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.

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

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


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

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
Several security issues were fixed in FreeType.

Summary

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

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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