- Vulnerabilities 87,983
CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2011:1402 centos5 x86_64
Published: 2012-07-30 11:43:00
CVE Author: NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS Base Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype'
Linux Distribution Package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Affected Versions:
freetype on CentOS 5
Recommendations:
Please install the updated Linux Distribution Packages.
Technical Details:
FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and
manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs
efficiently. The freetype Linux Distribution Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 provide
both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype Linux Distribution Packages for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 provide only the FreeType 2 font engine.
Multiple input validation flaws were found in the way FreeType processed
bitmap font files. If a specially-crafted font file was loaded by an
application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to
crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running the application. (CVE-2011-3256)
Note: These issues only affected the FreeType 2 font engine.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated Linux Distribution Packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct these issues. The X server must be restarted
(log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
Detection Type:
Linux Distribution Package
Solution Type:
Vendor Patch
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3256
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-October/018133.html
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