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TITLE:
Debian update for fontforge

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44804

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-06-07

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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for fontforge. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of
"CHARSET_REGISTRY" header in font files, which can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a user opens a specially
crafted Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) font file in the font
editor.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ulrik Persson

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2253-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00123.html

Ulrik Persson:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605537

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