FreeType 2 before 2017-02-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tt_size_reset function in truetype/ttobjs.c.

An update of the freetype2 package has been released.

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings     function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font     contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a     heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103)

  - CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807)

  - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c     (bsc#1036457)

  - Fix several integer overflow issues in     truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)

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

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings     function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font     contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a     heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103)

  - CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807)

  - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c     (bsc#1036457)

  - Fix several integer overflow issues in     truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-14 (FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    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 use a specially crafted font       file using FreeType, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code       with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
121687	Photon OS 1.0: Freetype2 PHSA-2017-0015	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
106747	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : freetype2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0414-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106743	openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-2018-156)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
100657	GLSA-201706-14 : FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical

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