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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200607-02">
+ <title>FreeType: Multiple integer overflows</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Multiple remotely exploitable buffer overflows have been discovered in
+ FreeType, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">FreeType</product>
+ <announced>July 09, 2006</announced>
+ <revised>September 03, 2006: 02</revised>
+ <bug>124828</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.1.10-r2</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="lt">2.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.10-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ FreeType is a portable font engine.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Multiple integer overflows exist in a variety of files (bdf/bdflib.c,
+ sfnt/ttcmap.c, cff/cffgload.c, base/ftmac.c).
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could exploit these buffer overflows by enticing a
+ user to load a specially crafted font, which could result in the
+ 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 stable version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-libs/freetype-2.1.10-r2&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1861">CVE-2006-1861</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:58:56 +0000">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 04 Jul 2006 15:44:57 +0000">
+ hlieberman
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:43:48 +0000">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>