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Gentoo: GLSA-200905-05 Normal: FreeType Integer Overflows DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey May 24, 2009
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Gentoo Linux advisory GLSA 201007-12 highlights vulnerabilities in FreeType that may lead to remote code execution or denial of service (DoS).
Multiple integer overflows in FreeType might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200905-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: May 24, 2009 Bugs: #263032 ID: 200905-05

Synopsis ======= Multiple integer overflows in FreeType might allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background ========= FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/freetype < 2.3.9-r1 >= 2.3.9-r1
========== Tavis Ormandy reported multiple integer overflows in the cff_charset_compute_cids() function in cff/cffload.c, sfnt/tccmap.c and the ft_smooth_render_generic() function in smooth...

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