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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-235

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-235
Posted Nov 16, 2010
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

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.

tags | advisory, overflow
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2010-3855
SHA-256 | 513e57f39a0528458ed28074ae028710308370fd51826b6bada5e299dfb1ea87

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-235

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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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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
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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