USN-4593-2

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4593-2

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4593-2.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4593-2

Related

Published

2020-10-22T14:48:01.180239Z

Modified

2020-10-22T14:48:01.180239Z

Summary

freetype vulnerability

Details

USN-4593-1 fixed a vulnerability in FreeType. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Sergei Glazunov 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 or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name: freetype
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.12-0ubuntu1

2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2

2.5.1-1ubuntu1

2.5.1-1ubuntu2

2.5.1-2ubuntu1

2.5.2-1ubuntu1

2.5.2-1ubuntu2

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.3

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.7

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2",
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2",
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6"
        }
    ]
}