Gentoo GLSA-201701-57 Normal: T1Lib Remote Code Execution Threat
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January 24, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib, the worst of which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
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
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 23, 2017
Bugs: #358667
ID: 201701-57
Topics Covered
Background
T1Lib is a library for rasterizing bitmaps from Adobe Type 1 fonts.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/t1lib < 5.1.2-r1 >= 5.1.2-r1
Impact
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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.
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