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Gentoo: GLSA-200705-02 Normal: FreeType Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2007
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The Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-02 addresses vulnerabilities in FreeType that may allow code execution, calling for urgent updates to secure systems
A vulnerability has been discovered in FreeType allowing for user-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: May 01, 2007 Bugs: #172577 ID: 200705-02

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability has been discovered in FreeType allowing for user-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= FreeType is a True Type Font rendering library.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/freetype < 2.1.10-r3 >= 2.1.10-r3
========== Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs has discovered an integer overflow in the function bdfReadCharacters() when parsing BDF fonts.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a u...

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