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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-3282-2 Critical FreeType Denial Of Service

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FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted font file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3282-2
May 16, 2017

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

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted font file.

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, 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 12.04 LTS:
  libfreetype6                    2.4.8-1ubuntu2.6

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-1
  CVE-2017-8105, CVE-2017-8287

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.8-1ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-3282-2 Critical FreeType Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A security flaw has been discovered in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS due to issues in FreeType, which may result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution risks
FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:   libfreetype6                    2.4.8-1ubuntu2.6 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3282-1

  CVE-2017-8105, CVE-2017-8287

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May 16, 2017

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.8-1ubuntu2.6

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