Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2070-1 freetype -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 14 Jul 2010
- Affected Packages:
- freetype
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-2497, CVE-2010-2498, CVE-2010-2499, CVE-2010-2500, CVE-2010-2519, CVE-2010-2520, CVE-2010-2527.
- More information:
-
Robert Swiecki discovered several vulnerabilities in the FreeType font library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed font file is processed.
Also, several buffer overflows were found in the included demo programs.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.0-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.3.7-2+lenny2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.3.7.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.3.7-2+lenny2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype_2.3.7.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_alpha.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_amd64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_arm.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_arm.udeb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_armel.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_hppa.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_i386.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_ia64.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_ia64.udeb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mips.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mipsel.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_powerpc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_s390.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.3.7-2+lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-udeb_2.3.7-2+lenny2_sparc.udeb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/freetype2-demos_2.3.7-2+lenny2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.3.7-2+lenny2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.