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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5746-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 5746-1 - Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5746-1November 28, 2022harfbuzz vulnerability==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 16.04 ESMSummary:HarfBuzz could be made to crash if it received specially craftedinput.Software Description:- harfbuzz: OpenType text shaping engineDetails:Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handledcertain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to causea denial of service.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:   libharfbuzz-bin                 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1   libharfbuzz0b                   1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.References:   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5746-1   CVE-2015-9274

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