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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843796
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu Update for freetype USN-3282-2
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype'; package(s) announced via the USN-3282-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype'
package(s) announced via the USN-3282-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was 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, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
freetype on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8105
BugTraq ID: 99093
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99093
Debian Security Information: DSA-3839 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f958c48ee431bef8d4d466b40c9cb2d4dbcb7791
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=935
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8287
BugTraq ID: 99091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941
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