Gentoo: GLSA-201701-57: T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All T1Lib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/t1lib-5.1.2-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2642 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2642 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-0433 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0433 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-0764 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0764 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-1552 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1552 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-1553 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1553 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-1554 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1554 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-5244 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-5244
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57
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.
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib, the worst of which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
T1Lib is a library for rasterizing bitmaps from Adobe Type 1 fonts.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/t1lib < 5.1.2-r1 >= 5.1.2-r1
Impact
===== Remote attackers, by coercing users to process specially crafted AFM font or PDF file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.