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Ubuntu Security Notice 643-1

Posted Sep 11, 2008

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 643-1 - Multiple flaws were discovered in the PFB and TTF font handling code in freetype. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges or cause the application linked against freetype to crash, leading to a denial of service.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, arbitrary

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1807, CVE-2008-1808

SHA-256 | 92fa750f501d9838dabc54d77709b4f63b5f2d0348bb483e0510e3894c95d74f

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