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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70543
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2328-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'freetype' package(s) announced via the DSA-2328-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'freetype' package(s) announced via the DSA-2328-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's glyph handling could lead to memory corruption, resulting in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny7.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.7-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'freetype' package(s) on Debian 5, Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3256
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 50155
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50155
Debian Security Information: DSA-2328 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2328
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069100.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:157
http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:1307 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00008.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0015 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00003.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0047 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00012.html
XForce ISS Database: appleios-freetype-code-exec(70552)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70552
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