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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2927-1 Critical: Graphite2 Denial Of Service

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graphite2 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted font.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2927-1
March 14, 2016

graphite2 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

graphite2 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened
a specially crafted font.

Software Description:
- graphite2: Font rendering engine for Complex Scripts

Details:

It was discovered that graphite2 incorrectly handled certain malformed
fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted font file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
graphite2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libgraphite2-3                  1.3.6-1ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libgraphite2-3                  1.3.6-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart applications
using graphite2, such as LibreOffice, to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2927-1
  CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792,
  CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796,
  CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800,
  CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite2/1.3.6-1ubuntu0.15.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite2/1.3.6-1ubuntu0.14.04.1


Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2927-1 Critical: Graphite2 Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Tackling weaknesses in graphite2 that may lead to system failures or permit unauthorized code execution.
graphite2 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted font.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: libgraphite2-3 1.3.6-1ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libgraphite2-3 1.3.6-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart applications using graphite2, such as LibreOffice, to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2927-1

CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792,

CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796,

CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800,

CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802

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March 14, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite2/1.3.6-1ubuntu0.15.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphite2/1.3.6-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

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