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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201706-25">
+ <title>Graphite: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>An out-of-bounds write in Graphite might allow remote attackers to
+ execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">graphite</product>
+ <announced>2017-06-22</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2017-06-22</revised>
+ <bug>616034</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-gfx/graphite2" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.3.8-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.8-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Graphite is a “smart font” system developed specifically to handle
+ the complexities of lesser-known languages of the world.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>An out-of-bounds write has been found in the Graphite 2 library.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
+ document using Graphite or an application linked against Graphite
+ library, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Graphite users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-gfx/graphite2-1.3.8-r1"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5436">CVE-2017-5436</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-05-21T07:18:42Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-22T19:02:00Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>