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Mandriva: Updated freetype2 packages fixes multiple vulnerabilities. Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context that assumes an even number of values.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2006:099
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : freetype2
 Date    : June 12, 2006
 Affected: 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 3.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause 
 a denial of service (crash) via a font file with an odd number of blue 
 values, which causes the underflow when decrementing by 2 in a context 
 that assumes an even number of values. (CVE-2006-0747)
 
 Multiple integer overflows in FreeType before 2.2 allow remote attackers to 
 cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via 
 attack vectors related to (1) bdf/bdflib.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, 
 (3) cff/cffgload.c, and (4) the read_lwfn function and a crafted LWFN file 
 in base/ftmac.c. (CVE-2006-1861)
 
 Ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial 
 of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.
 (CVE-2006-2661)
 
 In addition, a patch is applied to 2.1.10 in Mandriva 2006 to fix a serious 
 bug in ttkern.c that caused some programs to go into an infinite loop when 
 dealing with fonts that don't have a properly sorted kerning sub-table. 
 This patch is not applicable to the earlier Mandriva releases.  
 
 Packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0747
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1861
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2661
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 10.2:
 500d6a0363b912d3708164333618ea9a  10.2/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 8dc7ea21f0c7485fb2e89722b61662e6  10.2/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 822d356b7df358d6fd33fdcba1ecce48  10.2/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 01fc46490cdad24a0ac7145ad1400fbe  10.2/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
 8bafa7103832649910ff29e46d3414da  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/lib64freetype6-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.x86_64.rpm
 116215379bbfe0cdf14cccce370fd74c  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/lib64freetype6-devel-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.x86_64.rpm
 01ce8b9853b9e509a7d8f034ff21cfb6  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/lib64freetype6-static-devel-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.x86_64.rpm
 500d6a0363b912d3708164333618ea9a  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 8dc7ea21f0c7485fb2e89722b61662e6  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 822d356b7df358d6fd33fdcba1ecce48  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 01fc46490cdad24a0ac7145ad1400fbe  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.9-6.1.102mdkmdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
 6068722811b9404d5aa08ee477987fb2  2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 817917e69abb5674f646544308536419  2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 dc4748e47335cc44243e39711c04def5  2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 6fbbc5e83a43e7c0b4c09593892ca554  2006.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
 985900ddba982582ecb7d7eb51c20200  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 afe093ac0ef65d5f5505f0c907d9c8dc  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6f924308e4c1fe2da976a8d7905b9c45  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 6068722811b9404d5aa08ee477987fb2  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 817917e69abb5674f646544308536419  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 dc4748e47335cc44243e39711c04def5  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 6fbbc5e83a43e7c0b4c09593892ca554  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.10-9.2.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 ffb8fe54281b48ae7c8c0df2cdff4226  corporate/3.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 8160069b2aedc139d573d06786362b38  corporate/3.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 3dc8f49900b644bdbed9c1ff87eab2e8  corporate/3.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 f3435422496277db7390cfc62ca58b3a  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 86b12f1232fd54bcd76c59f9598a190d  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.x86_64.rpm
 db3ab38c85b3a39b848a499e4f2688c3  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-devel-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.x86_64.rpm
 e689dbcd16c9541b6704c50a4c6e39c1  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-static-devel-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.x86_64.rpm
 ffb8fe54281b48ae7c8c0df2cdff4226  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 f3435422496277db7390cfc62ca58b3a  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.7-4.1.C30mdkmdk.src.rpm

 Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
 cd2ba6684b905ded5e1c41ea052d78d7  mnf/2.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.7-4.1.M20mdkmdk.i586.rpm
 0b4bbd4fa79099031c2186f51a5defaa  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.7-4.1.M20mdkmdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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