USN-515-1: t1lib vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-515-1

19th September, 2007

t1lib vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 7.04
  • Ubuntu 6.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Software description

  • t1lib

Details

It was discovered that t1lib does not properly perform bounds checking
which can result in a buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could
send specially crafted input to applications linked against t1lib which
could result in a DoS or arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.04:
libt1-5 5.1.0-2ubuntu0.7.04.1
Ubuntu 6.10:
libt1-5 5.1.0-2ubuntu0.6.10.1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libt1-5 5.1.0-2ubuntu0.6.06.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

CVE-2007-4033