Debian Security Advisory
DLA-587-1 fontconfig -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 09 Aug 2016
- Affected Packages:
- fontconfig
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 833570.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-5384. - More information:
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A possible double free vulnerability was found in fontconfig. The problem was due to insufficient validation when parsing the cache file.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.0-7.1+deb7u1.We recommend that you upgrade your fontconfig packages.
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