Executive Summary



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Summary
Title FreeType vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3263-1 First vendor Publication 2017-04-21
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-04-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Software Description: - freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the FreeType library. 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
libfreetype6 2.6.3-3ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
libfreetype6 2.6.3-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.5

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3263-1
CVE-2016-10328

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.3-3ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.3-3ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.5.2-1ubuntu2.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.8-1ubuntu2.5

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3263-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 55
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-06-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-918.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3263-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-900.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-04-22 13:25:52
  • Multiple Updates
2017-04-21 05:22:11
  • First insertion