Executive Summary

Summary
TitleFreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
NameGLSA-201204-04First vendor Publication2012-04-17
VendorGentooLast vendor Modification2012-04-17
Severity (Vendor) NormalRevisionN/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score10Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score10Attack ComplexityLow
Cvss Expoit Score10AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing remote attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.4.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1126 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1126
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-1127 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1127
[ 3 ] CVE-2012-1128 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1128
[ 4 ] CVE-2012-1129 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1129
[ 5 ] CVE-2012-1130 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1130
[ 6 ] CVE-2012-1131 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1131
[ 7 ] CVE-2012-1132 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1132
[ 8 ] CVE-2012-1133 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1133
[ 9 ] CVE-2012-1134 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1134
[ 10 ] CVE-2012-1135 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1135
[ 11 ] CVE-2012-1136 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1136
[ 12 ] CVE-2012-1137 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1137
[ 13 ] CVE-2012-1138 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1138
[ 14 ] CVE-2012-1139 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1139
[ 15 ] CVE-2012-1140 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1140
[ 16 ] CVE-2012-1141 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1141
[ 17 ] CVE-2012-1142 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1142
[ 18 ] CVE-2012-1143 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1143
[ 19 ] CVE-2012-1144 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1144

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-119Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-189Numeric Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application46
Application17