---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Secunia @ FIRST Conference, 12-17 June, Hilton Vienna, Austria See to the presentation "The Dynamics and Threats of End-Point Software Portfolios" by Secunia's Research Analyst Director, Stefan Frei. Read more: http://conference.first.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Debian update for fontforge SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA44804 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/44804/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44804 RELEASE DATE: 2011-06-07 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/44804/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/44804/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44804 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ 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 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------