<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201006-01"> <title>FreeType 1: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeType might result in the remote execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">freetype</product> <announced>2010-06-01</announced> <revised count="01">2010-06-01</revised> <bug>271234</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4_pre20080316-r2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4_pre20080316-r2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> FreeType is a True Type Font rendering library. </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple issues found in FreeType 2 were also discovered in FreeType 1. For details on these issues, please review the Gentoo Linux Security Advisories and CVE identifiers referenced below. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TTF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running FreeType. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All FreeType 1 users should upgrade to an unaffected version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r2"</code> <p> NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since May 27, 2009. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue. </p> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1861">CVE-2006-1861</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2754">CVE-2007-2754</uri> <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200607-02.xml">GLSA 200607-02</uri> <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml">GLSA 200705-22</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-06-01T22:26:35Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2010-05-30T10:59:47Z"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2010-05-30T15:32:56Z"> a3li </metadata> </glsa>