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Debian DSA-1784-1 : freetype - integer overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 38656

Synopsis

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

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered several integer overflows in FreeType, a library to process and access font files, resulting in heap- or stack-based buffer overflows leading to application crashes or the execution of arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Solution

Upgrade the freetype packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-5+etch4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1784

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 38656

File Name: debian_DSA-1784.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2009

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, 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: 4/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0946

CWE: 189

DSA: 1784