Executive Summary

Summary
Title t1utils: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201507-10 First vendor Publication 2015-07-10
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2015-07-10
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 buffer overflow in t1utils could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

t1utils is a collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs.

Description

t1utils has a buffer overflow in the set_cs_start function in t1disasm.c.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All t1utils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/t1utils-1.39"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3905 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3905

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-10

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-10.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 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-09-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201507-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-256.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-25 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-554.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-06-04 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2627-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2015-09-24 13:24:34
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-10 13:26:59
  • First insertion