[Cucumber-linux-security] Cucumber Linux (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for freetype for the following versions
of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 Beta

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

+----------------+
Mon Feb 12 16:32:38 EST 2018
lib-base/freetype rebuilt (build 3) to fix CVE-2017-8105, a security            
	vulnerability which used a heap based buffer overflow to cause a denial
	of service (crash). For more information see:
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=292
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8105
		https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=935
multilib/lib-base/freetype rebuilt (build 3, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-292 [CVE-2017-8105]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=292)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure freetype is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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