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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4126-1 Moderate: FreeType Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-4126-2: FreeType flaw risks confidential data exposure through manipulated font files.
FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Summary

FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if

if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Software Description:

- freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue package update Ubuntu information exposure FreeType font file

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libfreetype6                    2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4126-1

CVE-2015-9383

September 09, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue package update Ubuntu information exposure FreeType font file

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4

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