<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201402-16"> <title>FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeType, allowing context-dependent attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">freetype</product> <announced>2014-02-11</announced> <revised count="1">2014-02-11</revised> <bug>448550</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.4.11</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.11</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Freetype users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.4.11" </code> <p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages. </p> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5668">CVE-2012-5668</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5669">CVE-2012-5669</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5670">CVE-2012-5670</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-03-22T15:21:05Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-11T18:52:45Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>