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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-324-1 July 27, 2006 freetype vulnerability CVE-2006-3467 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 5.10: libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libfreetype6 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.2 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: An integer overflow has been discovered in the FreeType library. By tricking a user into installing and/or opening a specially crafted font file, these could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that user.