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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

FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if it opened a

specially crafted font file.

Software Description:

- freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

USN-4126-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.

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

(CVE-2015-9381, CVE-2015-9382)

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files.

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

(CVE-2015-9383)

Topics%20covered

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu information disclosure FreeType font exploitation

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