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Gentoo: GLSA-202302-12 Moderate: ImageMagick Memory Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2014
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FreeType contains several vulnerabilities; resolution requires updating to release 2.4.11 or later. Refer to the advisory for further information.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing context-dependent attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update arbitrary code normal severity freeType

Resolution

All Freetype users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.4.11"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5668 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5668 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-5669 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5669 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-5670 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5670

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-16
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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: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 11, 2014
Bugs: #448550
ID: 201402-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update arbitrary code normal severity freeType

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing context-dependent attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/freetype < 2.4.11 >= 2.4.11

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.