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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2294-1 (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 2294-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that insufficient input saniting in Freetype's code to parse Type1 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny6. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.6-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.