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.