1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1403-1

USN-1403-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 March 2012

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1126)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1127)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1128)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed Type42 font files. If a user were tricked into...

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1126)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1127)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1128)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed Type42 font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1129)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed PCF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1130)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1131)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed Type1 font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1132)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF 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. (CVE-2012-1133)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed Type1 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. (CVE-2012-1134)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1135)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF 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. (CVE-2012-1136)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1137)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1138)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1139)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed PostScript font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1140)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted
font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1141)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed Windows FNT/FON font files. If a user were tricked into using a
specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash.
(CVE-2012-1142)

Mateusz Jurczyk 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. (CVE-2012-1143)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed TrueType 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. (CVE-2012-1144)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy libfreetype6 –  2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.9
11.10 oneiric libfreetype6 –  2.4.4-2ubuntu1.2
11.04 natty libfreetype6 –  2.4.4-1ubuntu2.3
10.10 maverick libfreetype6 –  2.4.2-2ubuntu0.4
10.04 lucid libfreetype6 –  2.3.11-1ubuntu2.6

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