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Gentoo: 201706-14 Normal: FreeType Remote Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey June 6, 2017
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The Gentoo GLSA 202308-12 elaborates on vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL library posing risks of unauthorized data manipulation. Key mitigation practices highlighted.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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 Gentoo remote code execution multiple issues FreeType normal severity

Resolution

All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10244 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10244 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-10328 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10328 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-7857 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7857 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-7858 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7858 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-7864 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7864 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-8105 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8105 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-8287 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8287

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14
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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: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #612192, #616730
ID: 201706-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution multiple issues FreeType normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/freetype < 2.8 >= 2.8

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted font file using FreeType, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.