| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype' package(s) announced via the USN-1013-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Marc Schoenefeld 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. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-3311)
Chris Evans discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a
specially crafted TrueType file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to
crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.10, 10.04 LTS and 10.10. (CVE-2010-3814)
It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed
TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
TrueType file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2010-3855)
Affected Software/OS:
'freetype' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
9.3
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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