<?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 ">=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>