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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200705-02">
+ <title>FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in FreeType allowing for user-assisted
+ remote execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">freetype</product>
+ <announced>2007-05-01</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2007-05-27</revised>
+ <bug>172577</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.1.10-r3</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="lt">2.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.10-r3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ FreeType is a True Type Font rendering library.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs has discovered an integer overflow in
+ the function bdfReadCharacters() when parsing BDF fonts.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted BDF
+ font, possibly resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow and the remote
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/freetype-2.1.10-r3"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1351">CVE-2007-1351</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-04-12T09:19:23Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-04-12T09:19:45Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-04-26T08:55:44Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>