Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-235 - An error exists in the "ft_var_readpackedpoints()" function in src/truetype/ttgxvar.c when processing TrueType GX fonts and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted font. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:235
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : freetype2
Date : November 16, 2010
Affected: Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in freetype2:
An error exists in the "ft_var_readpackedpoints()" function in
src/truetype/ttgxvar.c when processing TrueType GX fonts and can
be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially
crafted font (CVE-2010-3855).
The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3855
http://secunia.com/advisories/41738
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Updated Packages:
Corporate 4.0:
8fda305a5fae4aefca37ba2830b1a345 corporate/4.0/i586/libfreetype6-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
2b33f336eaa4105112adbac8780c7be1 corporate/4.0/i586/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
129a3208e9f5c6a1c10660930736bb5c corporate/4.0/i586/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
08ee97b65dff2197555a55ffb8aabcde corporate/4.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
c19152256818aff210dde26c75e588d7 corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64freetype6-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
ee453b7d6affc8830283e5f2366edf72 corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64freetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
7ea2ccaeeccf5250f053eec9c74b1d9a corporate/4.0/x86_64/lib64freetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
08ee97b65dff2197555a55ffb8aabcde corporate/4.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.10-9.14.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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