Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1454-1 freetype -- integer overflow

Date Reported:
07 Jan 2008
Affected Packages:
freetype
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-1351.
More information:

Greg MacManus discovered an integer overflow in the font handling of libfreetype, a FreeType 2 font engine, which might lead to denial of service or possibly the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening a malformed font.

For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem will be fixed soon.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-5+etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.2.1-5+etch2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.2.1-5+etch2.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_alpha.udeb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_amd64.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_arm.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_hppa.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_i386.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_ia64.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_mips.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_mipsel.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_powerpc.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_s390.udeb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.2.1-5+etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.2.1-5+etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.2.1-5+etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.2.1-5+etch2_sparc.udeb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.