Pango could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Jeffrey M. discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
22 August 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Pango could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Jeffrey M. discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.
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