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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.1453
Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities in the FreeType 2 Font Engine May
Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) or Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code
28 October 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: FreeType 2 Font Engine
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
OpenSolaris
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-0946
Reference: ESB-2009.0421
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-270268-1
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Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities in the FreeType 2 Font
Engine May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) or Allow Execution of
Arbitrary Code
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Category : Security
Release Phase : Preliminary
Bug Id : 6877323
Product : Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10
OpenSolaris
Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities in the FreeType 2 Font Engine ...
1. Impact
Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in the FreeType 2 Font
Library (libfreetype) may affect applications that make use of this library.
Depending on the application, this vulnerability may allow a local or remote
unprivileged user to crash the application through a specially crafted
font file, resulting in a Denial of service(DOS) or to execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running that application.
These issues are also described in the following document CVE-2009-0946 at:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0946
2. Contributing Factors
These issues can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* X11 6.4.1 (for Solaris 8)
* Solaris 9
* Solaris 10
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_123
x86 Platform
* X11 6.4.1 (for Solaris 8)
* Solaris 9
* Solaris 10
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_123
Note 1: To determine if FreeType 2 is installed on a system, the
following command can be run:
$ pkginfo SUNWfreetype2
system SUNWfreetype2 FreeType2 Font library
Note 2: To determine if an application is linked with the libfreetype
library, the ldd(1) utility can be utilized as in the following
example:
$ ldd /usr/bin/gedit | grep libfreetype
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/sfw/lib/libfreetype.so.6
A comprehensive test to check if an application links with a library
such as libfreetype requires the use of pldd(1) against the running
application since ldd(1) does not list any shared objects explicitly
attached using dlopen(3C). For example:
$ pldd <procces ID of application> | grep libfreetype
/usr/sfw/lib/libfreetype.so.6
Note 3: OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes
above and beyond the build from which it was derived. To determine the
base build of OpenSolaris, the following command can be used:
$ uname -v
snv_120
3. Symptoms
If the described issues are exploited to cause a Denial of Service
(DoS) to an application which links to the libfreetype library, the
application will exit and may generate an error message about a Segmentation
Fault, potentially writing a core(4) file. There are no predictable symptoms
that would indicate the issue has been exploited to execute arbitrary
code with elevated privileges.
4. Workaround
There is no workaround for these issues. Please see the "Resolution"
section below.
5. Resolution
These issues are addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_124 or later
x86 Platform
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_124 or later
A final resolution is pending completion for Solaris 8, 9 and 10.
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