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freetype 2.8.1-0.1ubuntu3 source package in Ubuntu

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freetype (2.8.1-0.1ubuntu3) bionic; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: NULL dereference pointer
    - debian/patches-freetype/CVE-2018-6942.patch: re sets args array to zero
      if not coords in src/truetype/ttinterp.c.
    - CVE-2018-6942

 -- <email address hidden> (Leonidas S. Barbosa)  Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:42:29 -0300

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Uploaded by:
Leonidas S. Barbosa
Sponsored by:
Marc Deslauriers
Uploaded to:
Bionic
Original maintainer:
Ubuntu Developers
Architectures:
any
Section:
libs
Urgency:
Medium Urgency

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Binary packages built by this source

freetype2-demos: FreeType 2 demonstration programs

 This package contains some demonstration programs and utilities
 which showcase the features of the FreeType 2 font engine.

freetype2-demos-dbgsym: debug symbols for freetype2-demos
libfreetype6: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files

 The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
 portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
 They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
 efficient and ubiquitous products.
 .
 The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been
 designed to provide the following important features:
  * A universal and simple API to manage font files
  * Support for several font formats through loadable modules
  * High-quality anti-aliasing
  * High portability & performance
 .
 Supported font formats include:
  * TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc)
  * Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format
  * Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides
    routines to manage design instances easily
  * Type 1 CID-keyed fonts
  * OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts
  * CFF/Type 2 fonts
  * Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with
    the Adobe SVG viewer plugin.
  * Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts
 .
 This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the
 FreeType 2 library.
 .
  Home Page: http://www.freetype.org/
  Authors: David Turner <david.turner@freetype.org>
           Robert Wilhelm <robert.wilhelm@freetype.org>
           Werner Lemberg <werner.lemberg@freetype.org>

libfreetype6-dbgsym: debug symbols for libfreetype6
libfreetype6-dev: FreeType 2 font engine, development files

 The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
 portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
 They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
 efficient and ubiquitous products.
 .
 This package contains all supplementary files (static library, headers
 and documentation) you need to develop your own programs using the
 FreeType 2 library.

libfreetype6-udeb: FreeType 2 font engine for the debian-installer

 The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
 portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
 They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
 efficient and ubiquitous products.
 .
 This is the udeb package for use with the debian-installer.