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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.3423
             USN-4126-1 and USN-4126-2: FreeType vulnerability
                             10 September 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           freetype
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2015-9383  

Reference:         ESB-2019.3358

Original Bulletin: 
   https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1/
   https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/

Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) Ubuntu security advisories.

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USN-4126-1: FreeType vulnerability
9 September 2019

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

  o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if it opened a specially
crafted font file.

Software Description

  o freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    libfreetype6 - 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4

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

  o CVE-2015-9383

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USN-4126-2: FreeType vulnerabilities
9 September 2019

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

  o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  o Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

FreeType could be made to expose sensitive information if it opened a specially
crafted font file.

Software Description

  o freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

USN-4126-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2015-9381, CVE-2015-9382)

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2015-9383)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    libfreetype6 - 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
    libfreetype6 - 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.7

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

  o USN-4126-1
  o CVE-2015-9381
  o CVE-2015-9382
  o CVE-2015-9383

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