The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - freetype: Use of uninitialized memory (CVE-2014-9746)

  - The tt_face_load_hdmx function in truetype/ttpload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not establish a minimum     record size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted TrueType font. (CVE-2014-9657)

  - The tt_face_load_kern function in sfnt/ttkern.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 enforces an incorrect minimum     table length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted TrueType font. (CVE-2014-9658)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - freetype: heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function (CVE-2017-8287)

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (infinite loop) via a broken number-with-base in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated     by 8#garbage. (CVE-2014-9745)

  - The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in     cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field     function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted font. (CVE-2014-9746)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - freetype: Use of uninitialized memory (CVE-2014-9746)

  - FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an allocation error     in the bdf_free_font function. (CVE-2012-5668)

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (infinite loop) via a broken number-with-base in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated     by 8#garbage. (CVE-2014-9745)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

It was discovered that FreeType did not properly handle some malformed inputs. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted font files.

Sergey Gorbaty reported issues related to the FreeType font engine.
FreeType improperly handled certain malformed font files, allowing remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service when specially crafted font files were used.

For Debian 6 'Squeeze', these issues have been fixed in freetype version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze6. We recommend you to upgrade your freetype packages.

Learn more about the Debian Long Term Support (LTS) Project and how to apply these updates at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198698	RHEL 5 : freetype (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198633	RHEL 7 : freetype (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198605	RHEL 6 : freetype (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
86304	Debian DSA-3370-1 : freetype - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
86211	Debian DLA-319-1 : freetype security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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