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TITLE:
FreeType PostScript Type1 Font Parsing Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45167

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-08

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in FreeType, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
"t1_decoder_parse_charstrings()" function (src/psaux/t1decode.c) and
can be exploited to corrupt memory by tricking a user into processing
a specially crafted PostScript Type1 font in an application using the
library.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.4.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted documents or fonts.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Disclosed in an exploit by comex.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00015.html

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