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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2350-1 (freetype)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to freetype announced via advisory DSA 2350-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's processing of CID-keyed fonts could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny8. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.8-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.