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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0097
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0097
Insight
Insight
Updated graphite2 packages fix security vulnerabilities: Multiple security flaws were found in the graphite2 font library. A web page or document containing malicious content could cause an application using graphite2 to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application (CVE-2016-1977, CVE-2016-2790, CVE-2016-2791, CVE-2016-2792, CVE-2016-2793, CVE-2016-2794, CVE-2016-2795, CVE-2016-2796, CVE-2016-2797, CVE-2016-2798, CVE-2016-2799, CVE-2016-2800, CVE-2016-2801, CVE-2016-2802). The graphite2 package has been updated to version 1.3.6 which fixes these security issues.
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.