USN-6062-1: FreeType vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled 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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.12.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.10

• libfreetype6 - 2.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04

• libfreetype6 - 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2023-2004