updates requiring keyboard input
Karl Auer
kauer at biplane.com.au
Thu Mar 19 21:51:22 UTC 2015
Here's an example of how the updater is "hanging" while it waits for
user input. I just cut-and-pasted this chunk out of the "Details"
window; there was a colon prompt at the bottom, and when I pressed "q"
the update proceeded normally.
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[...]
(http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/libx/libxfont/libxfont_1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2/changelog) [13.1 kB]
libxfont (1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2) trusty-security; urgency=medium
* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code exection via invalid property count
- debian/patches/CVE-2015-1802.patch: check for integer overflow in
src/bitmap/bdfread.c.
- CVE-2015-1802
* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code execution via bitmap data parse
failure
- debian/patches/CVE-2015-1803.patch: bail out if bitmap can't be
read
in src/bitmap/bdfread.c.
- CVE-2015-1803
* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code execution via invalid metrics
- debian/patches/CVE-2015-1804.patch: ensure metrics fit in struct
in
src/bitmap/bdfread.c.
- CVE-2015-1804
* Backport some commits from git to solve ftbfs with newer fontsproto:
- debian/patches/ftbfs-new-fontsproto.patch
- debian/patches/ftbfs-new-fontsproto-2.patch
-- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers at ubuntu.com> Wed, 18 Mar 2015
07:32:09 -0400
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Not a big problem, but an irritant. Are others seeing this?
Regards, K.
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