glsa-201408-02.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201408-02">
  <title>FreeType: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in FreeType could result in execution of arbitrary
    code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">freetype</product>
  <announced>2014-08-09</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-08-09</revised>
  <bug>504088</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.5.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Freetype’s cf2_hintmap_build
      function in cff/cf2hints.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a
      Denial of Service condition via specially crafted font file.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/freetype-2.5.3-r1"
    </code>
    
    <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
      such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2240">CVE-2014-2240</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-07-15T20:29:39Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-08-09T19:09:10Z">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>