Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3572-1
14th February, 2018
freetype vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
FreeType could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.10:
libfreetype6 2.8-0.2ubuntu2.1
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-2018-6942
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14th February, 2018
freetype vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
FreeType could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library
It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.10:
libfreetype6 2.8-0.2ubuntu2.1
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-2018-6942
Continue reading...
