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TITLE:
FreeType Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40586

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-14

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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FreeType, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to various errors when processing
specially crafted font files, which can be exploited to e.g. cause
memory corruptions and heap-based buffer overflows by e.g. tricking a
user into opening specially crafted fonts in an application using the
library.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.4.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.4.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Robert Swiecki

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Robert Swiecki:
http://www.swiecki.net/security.html

FreeType:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30082
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30083
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30106
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30248
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30249
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30263
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30306
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30361

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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