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Ubuntu Security Update Fixes X.org X11 and FreeType Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes X.org X11 and FreeType Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-1242
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1003 - CVE-2007-1351 - CVE-2007-1352 - CVE-2007-1667
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-04

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

Ubuntu has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities identified in X.org X11 and FreeType [...]

Solution

Ubuntu 5.10 - Upgrade to libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4ubuntu1.3, libxfont1 1:0.99.0+cvs.20050909-1.3, and xserver-xorg-core 6.8.2-77.3
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - Upgrade to libfreetype6 2.1.10-1ubuntu2.3, libxfont1 1:1.0.0-0ubuntu3.3, and xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.6
Ubuntu 6.10 - Upgrade to libfreetype6 2.2.1-5ubuntu0.1, libxfont1 1:1.2.0-0ubuntu3.1, and xserver-xorg-core 1:1.1.1-0ubuntu12.2

ChangeLog

2007-04-04 : Initial release

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