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Debian DSA-1454-1 : freetype - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 29873

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Greg MacManus discovered an integer overflow in the font handling of libfreetype, a FreeType 2 font engine, which might lead to denial of service or possibly the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed font.

Solution

Upgrade the freetype packages.

For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem will be fixed soon.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-5+etch2.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1454

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29873

File Name: debian_DSA-1454.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1351

CWE: 189

DSA: 1454