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GLSA-200705-22 : FreeType: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25361

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-22 (FreeType: Buffer overflow)

 Victor Stinner discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the function Get_VMetrics() in src/truetype/ttgload.c when processing TTF files with a negative n_points attribute.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TTF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running FreeType.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200705-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25361

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200705-22.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 6/1/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:freetype, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2754

GLSA: 200705-22