Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2627-1
3rd June, 2015
t1utils vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
t1utils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- t1utils
– Collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs
Details
Jakub Wilk discovered that t1utils incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
font, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
t1utils
1.37-2.1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
t1utils
1.37-2ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.