Executive Summary

Summary
Title FreeType: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201408-02 First vendor Publication 2014-08-09
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-08-09
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in FreeType could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Freetype's cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted font file.

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-2.5.3-r1"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2240 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2240

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-02.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-02.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 55

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-089.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2015-016-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16854.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17550.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-17580.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-26 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-16840.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-08 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_567beb1e7e0a11e4b9ccbcaec565249c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201408-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-6830.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-6833.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-03-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2148-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-08-11 13:24:15
  • Multiple Updates
2014-08-10 00:21:10
  • First insertion