MGASA-2015-0367

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    MGASA-2015-0367

    Published: 13 Sept 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated freetype2 packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or hang, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly expose uninitialized memory (Savannah bugs 41309 and 41590).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0367.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16739, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2739-1/, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?41590, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freetype2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/freetype2?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.0.1-3.4.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High