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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831432
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for freetype2 MDVSA-2011:120 (freetype2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype2'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype2'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in freetype2:

Integer signedness error in psaux/t1decode.c in FreeType before 2.4.6,
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial
of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted
Type 1 font in a PDF document, as exploited in the wild in July 2011
(CVE-2011-0226).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance
Program. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
freetype2 on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
9.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0226
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
BugTraq ID: 48619
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48619
Debian Security Information: DSA-2294 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2294
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:120
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/06/hackers_release_new_browser_based_ios_jailbreak_based_on_pdf_exploit.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00015.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00014.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00020.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00026.html
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2011-07/msg00028.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1085.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45167
http://secunia.com/advisories/45224
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:0853 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00016.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:0852 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00015.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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