Package : freetype Vulnerability : integer overflows Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE IDs : CVE-2006-0747 CVE-2006-1861 CVE-2006-2493 CVE-2006-2661 CERT advisory : BugTraq ID : 18034 Debian Bug :
Several problems have been discovered in the FreeType 2 font engine. The Common vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2006-0747
Several integer underflows have been discovered which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2006-1861
Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows that lead to a denial of service or could possibly even lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2006-2493
Several more integer overflows have been discovered which could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2006-2661
A null pointer dereference could cause a denial of service.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.9-1woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.7-2.5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon
We recommend that you upgrade your libfreetype packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------