USN-4179-1: FriBidi vulnerability
7 November 2019
Applications using FriBidi could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it displayed specially crafted text.
Releases
Packages
- fribidi - Free Implementation of the Unicode BiDi algorithm (utility)
Details
Alex Murray discovered a stack-based buffer overflow when handling a large
number of unicode isolate directives. An attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
Ubuntu 19.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.