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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5528-1 Moderate: FreeType Security Risks

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ensure your Ubuntu installations are patched to address FreeType vulnerabilities. Understand the consequences, severity levels, and implement required solutions.
Several security issues were fixed in FreeType.

Summary

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security advisory moderate package update Ubuntu security risks software issues FreeType

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libfreetype6 2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libfreetype6 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libfreetype6 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5528-1

CVE-2022-27404, CVE-2022-27405, CVE-2022-27406, CVE-2022-31782

July 20, 2022

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security advisory moderate package update Ubuntu security risks software issues FreeType

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.10.1-2ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2

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