FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Font parsing vulnerabilities in FreeType might lead to user-assisted execution of arbitrary code. freetype June 23, 2008 May 28, 2009: 03 225851 remote 2.3.6 1.4_pre20080316-r1 2.3.6

FreeType is a font rendering library for TrueType Font (TTF) and Printer Font Binary (PFB).

Regenrecht reported multiple vulnerabilities in FreeType via iDefense:

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted TTF or PBF file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running an application linked against FreeType (such as the X.org X server, running as root).

There is no known workaround at this time.

All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.3.6"
CVE-2008-1806 CVE-2008-1807 CVE-2008-1808 vorlon rbu rbu