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Ubuntu 23.04: USN-6062-1 Critical FreeType Arbitrary Code Execute

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A FreeType vulnerability in Ubuntu can lead to crashes or execution of arbitrary code via malformed font files. Immediate updates are necessary!
FreeType could be made to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Summary

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security advisory critical remote code execution arbitrary code ubuntu freetype font issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: libfreetype6 2.12.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.10: libfreetype6 2.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libfreetype6 2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libfreetype6 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6062-1

CVE-2023-2004

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May 09, 2023

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security advisory critical remote code execution arbitrary code ubuntu freetype font issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.12.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.10.1-2ubuntu0.3

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