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Gentoo: GLSA-201006-01 Normal: FreeType 1 Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2010
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Critical vulnerabilities in FreeType 1 prompt urgent patches for Gentoo systems. Advisory GLSA 201006-01 outlines necessary updates.
Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeType might result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple issues found in FreeType 2 were also discovered in FreeType 1. For details on these issues, please review the Gentoo Linux Security Advisories and CVE identifiers referenced below.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo update code execution remote execution FreeType normal severity

Resolution

All FreeType 1 users should upgrade to an unaffected version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r2"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since May 27, 2009. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1861 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1861 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-2754 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2754 [ 3 ] GLSA 200607-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200607-02 [ 4 ] GLSA 200705-22 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200705-22

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: FreeType 1: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: June 01, 2010
Bugs: #271234
ID: 201006-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo update code execution remote execution FreeType normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeType might result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

FreeType is a True Type Font rendering library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 freetype < 1.4_pre20080316-r2 >= 1.4_pre20080316-r2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TTF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running FreeType.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.