| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to t1lib
announced via advisory DSA 2388-1.
Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in t1lib, a Postscript Type 1
font rasterizer library, some of which might lead to code execution
through the opening of files embedding bad fonts.
CVE-2010-2642
A heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font metrics parser
potentially leads to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2011-0433
Another heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font metrics
parser potentially leads to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2011-0764
An invalid pointer dereference allows execution of arbitrary
code using crafted Type 1 fonts.
CVE-2011-1552
Another invalid pointer dereference results in an application
crash, triggered by crafted Type 1 fonts.
CVE-2011-1553
A use-after-free vulnerability results in an application
crash, triggered by crafted Type 1 fonts.
CVE-2011-1554
An off-by-one error results in an invalid memory read and
application crash, triggered by crafted Type 1 fonts.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.1.2-3+lenny1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.1.2-3+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.1.2-3.3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.1.2-3.3.
Solution:
We recommend that you upgrade your t1lib packages.
CVSS Score:
7.6
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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