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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4126-2 Moderate: FreeType Information Disclosure

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Calendar Grey September 9, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-4126-2 deals with FreeType flaws that may compromise confidential information.
FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu information disclosure FreeType font exploitation

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libfreetype6 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: libfreetype6 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.7 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4126-2

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

CVE-2015-9381, CVE-2015-9382, CVE-2015-9383

September 09, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu information disclosure FreeType font exploitation

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