Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1178-1 freetype -- integer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 16 Sep 2006
- Affected Packages:
- freetype
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 379920.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-3467. - More information:
-
It was discovered that an integer overflow in freetype's PCF font code may lead to denial of service and potential execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.7-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your freetype package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.1.7-6.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.1.7-6.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.1.7.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.1.7-6.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.1.7-6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.1.7-6_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.1.7-6_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.