metadata/glsa/glsa-201402-16.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-16">
  <title>FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing
    context-dependent attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause
    Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">freetype</product>
  <announced>2014-02-11</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-02-11</revised>
  <bug>448550</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.4.11</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.11</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially
      crafted font, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </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-2.4.11"
    </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-2012-5668">CVE-2012-5668</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5669">CVE-2012-5669</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5670">CVE-2012-5670</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-03-22T15:21:05Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-11T18:52:45Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>