gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-202010-07.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202010-07">
  <title>FreeType: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in FreeType might allow remote attacker(s) to
    execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">freetype</product>
  <announced>2020-10-23</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-10-23</revised>
  <bug>750275</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.10.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.10.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A flaw in FreeType’s handling of embedded PNG bitmaps was discovered
      where the image height and width was not checked to be within bounds.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font
      file using FreeType possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
      with the privileges of the process 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 "&gt;=media-libs/freetype-2.10.3-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999">CVE-2020-15999</uri>
    <uri link="https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?59308">Upstream bug</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-20T09:45:14Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-10-23T03:42:18Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>