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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-57 ] T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 23 January 2017
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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org>
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Subject: [ GLSA 201701-57 ] T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-57
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 23, 2017
Bugs: #358667
ID: 201701-57

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib, the worst of
which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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T1Lib is a library for rasterizing bitmaps from Adobe Type 1 fonts.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/t1lib < 5.1.2-r1 >= 5.1.2-r1

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Remote attackers, by coercing users to process specially crafted AFM
font or PDF file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute
arbitrary code.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All T1Lib users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/t1lib-5.1.2-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2642
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2642
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-0433
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0433
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-0764
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0764
[ 4 ] CVE-2011-1552
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1552
[ 5 ] CVE-2011-1553
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1553
[ 6 ] CVE-2011-1554
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1554
[ 7 ] CVE-2011-5244
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-5244

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-57

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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