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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1784-1 (freetype)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to freetype announced via advisory DSA 1784-1.
Insight
Insight
Tavis Ormandy discovered several integer overflows in FreeType, a library to process and access font files, resulting in heap- or stack-based buffer overflows leading to application crashes or the execution of arbitrary code via a crafted font file. For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-5+etch4. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny1. For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.9-4.1. We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201784-1