USN-466-1: freetype vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Details

Victor Stinner discovered that freetype did not correctly verify the
number of points in a TrueType font. If a user were tricked into using
a specially crafted font, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code
with user privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.2.1-5ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• libfreetype6 - 2.2.1-5ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 6.06

• libfreetype6 - 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.4

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session or
reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-2754