Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-972-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
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 or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Affected
freetype vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-1797, CVE-2010-2541, CVE-2010-2805, CVE-2010-2806, CVE-2010-2807, CVE-2010-2808 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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