Executive Summary



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Summary
Title FreeType vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-1403-1 First vendor Publication 2012-03-23
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2012-03-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Software Description: - freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details:

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1126)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1127)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1128)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed Type42 font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1129)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed PCF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1130)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1131)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed Type1 font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1132)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-1133)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed Type1 font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-1134)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1135)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-1136)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1137)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1138)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1139)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed PostScript font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1140)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1141)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed Windows FNT/FON font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1142)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash. (CVE-2012-1143)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed TrueType font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2012-1144)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
libfreetype6 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 11.04:
libfreetype6 2.4.4-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 10.10:
libfreetype6 2.4.2-2ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libfreetype6 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.9

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1403-1
CVE-2012-1126, CVE-2012-1127, CVE-2012-1128, CVE-2012-1129,
CVE-2012-1130, CVE-2012-1131, CVE-2012-1132, CVE-2012-1133,
CVE-2012-1134, CVE-2012-1135, CVE-2012-1136, CVE-2012-1137,
CVE-2012-1138, CVE-2012-1139, CVE-2012-1140, CVE-2012-1141,
CVE-2012-1142, CVE-2012-1143, CVE-2012-1144

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.4-2ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.4-1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.4.2-2ubuntu0.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.3.11-1ubuntu2.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.9

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1403-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
95 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
5 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14742
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14742
Title: DSA-2428-1 freetype -- several
Description: Mateusz Jurczyk from the Google Security Team discovered several vulnerabilties in Freetype's parsing of BDF, Type1 and TrueType fonts, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed font file is processed.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2428-1
CVE-2012-1133
CVE-2012-1134
CVE-2012-1136
CVE-2012-1142
CVE-2012-1144
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15109
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15109
Title: USN-1403-1 -- FreeType vulnerabilities
Description: freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library FreeType could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted font file.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1403-1
CVE-2012-1126
CVE-2012-1127
CVE-2012-1128
CVE-2012-1129
CVE-2012-1130
CVE-2012-1131
CVE-2012-1132
CVE-2012-1133
CVE-2012-1134
CVE-2012-1135
CVE-2012-1136
CVE-2012-1137
CVE-2012-1138
CVE-2012-1139
CVE-2012-1140
CVE-2012-1141
CVE-2012-1142
CVE-2012-1143
CVE-2012-1144
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Product(s): FreeType
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21461
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21461
Title: RHSA-2012:0467: freetype security update (Important)
Description: FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap write operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2012:0467-02
CESA-2012:0467
CVE-2012-1126
CVE-2012-1127
CVE-2012-1130
CVE-2012-1131
CVE-2012-1132
CVE-2012-1134
CVE-2012-1136
CVE-2012-1137
CVE-2012-1139
CVE-2012-1140
CVE-2012-1141
CVE-2012-1142
CVE-2012-1143
CVE-2012-1144
Version: 185
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 5
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23301
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23301
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012:0467: freetype security update (Important)
Description: FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap write operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:0467-02
CVE-2012-1126
CVE-2012-1127
CVE-2012-1130
CVE-2012-1131
CVE-2012-1132
CVE-2012-1134
CVE-2012-1136
CVE-2012-1137
CVE-2012-1139
CVE-2012-1140
CVE-2012-1141
CVE-2012-1142
CVE-2012-1143
CVE-2012-1144
Version: 62
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23768
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23768
Title: ELSA-2012:0467: freetype security update (Important)
Description: FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid heap write operation and memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012:0467-02
CVE-2012-1126
CVE-2012-1127
CVE-2012-1130
CVE-2012-1131
CVE-2012-1132
CVE-2012-1134
CVE-2012-1136
CVE-2012-1137
CVE-2012-1139
CVE-2012-1140
CVE-2012-1141
CVE-2012-1142
CVE-2012-1143
CVE-2012-1144
Version: 61
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27855
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27855
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2012-0467 -- freetype security update (important)
Description: [2.3.11-6.el6_2.9] - Fix CVE-2012-{1126, 1127, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1134, 1136, 1137, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144} - Properly initialize array 'result' in FT_Outline_Get_Orientation() - Check bytes per row for overflow in _bdf_parse_glyphs() - Resolves: #806268
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2012-0467
CVE-2012-1126
CVE-2012-1127
CVE-2012-1130
CVE-2012-1131
CVE-2012-1132
CVE-2012-1134
CVE-2012-1136
CVE-2012-1137
CVE-2012-1139
CVE-2012-1140
CVE-2012-1141
CVE-2012-1142
CVE-2012-1143
CVE-2012-1144
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): freetype
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 49
Application 17

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2013-09-18 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2428-1 (freetype - several vulnerabilities)
File : nvt/deb_2428_1.nasl
2012-12-13 Name : SuSE Update for freetype2 openSUSE-SU-2012:0489-1 (freetype2)
File : nvt/gb_suse_2012_0489_1.nasl
2012-09-10 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2012-176-01 freetype
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2012_176_01.nasl
2012-08-03 Name : Mandriva Update for freetype2 MDVSA-2012:057 (freetype2)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_057.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2012:0467 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0467_freetype_centos5.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for freetype CESA-2012:0467 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0467_freetype_centos6.nasl
2012-04-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox65.nasl
2012-04-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: freetype2
File : nvt/freebsd_freetype25.nasl
2012-04-30 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201204-04 (FreeType)
File : nvt/glsa_201204_04.nasl
2012-04-11 Name : RedHat Update for freetype RHSA-2012:0467-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0467-01_freetype.nasl
2012-03-26 Name : Ubuntu Update for freetype USN-1403-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1403_1.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_freetype_20141107_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-220.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2012-66.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0467.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120410_freetype_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201204-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-25 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_380e8c568e3211e195804061862b8c22.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-13 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-057.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-12 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_freetype2-120328.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-11 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0467.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0467.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-09 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_462e2d6c801711e1a571bcaec565249c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1403-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2428.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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