Ubuntu Security Update USN-3237-1: FreeType vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3237-1


20th March, 2017

freetype vulnerability


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary


FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Software description

• freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details


It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions


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

Ubuntu 16.10:
libfreetype6 2.6.3-3ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References


CVE-2016-10244

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