USN-767-1: FreeType vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• freetype -

Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
large values in font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, 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 9.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.3.9-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 8.10

• libfreetype6 - 2.3.7-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.2

Ubuntu 6.06

• libfreetype6 - 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.6

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

References

• CVE-2009-0946