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Debian DSA-2116-1 : freetype - integer overflow
high Nessus Plugin ID 49766
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Marc Schoenefeld has found an input stream position error in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed input file streams. If a user loaded a specially crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType and relevant font glyphs were subsequently rendered with the X FreeType library (libXft), it could cause the application to crash or, possibly execute arbitrary code.Solution
Upgrade the freetype packages.After the upgrade, all running applications and services that use libfreetype6 should be restarted. In most cases, logging out and in again should be enough. The script checkrestart from the debian-goodies package or lsof may help to find out which processes are still using the old version of libfreetype6.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny4.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 49766
File Name: debian_DSA-2116.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 10/6/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-3311
DSA: 2116