Upstream information

CVE-2010-2806 at MITRE

Description

Array index error in the t42_parse_sfnts function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via negative size values for certain strings in FontType42 font files, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 629447 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 635692 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SR:2010:016, published Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:00:00 +0000
  • openSUSE-SU-2010:0549-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • freetype2 >= 2.3.7-25.11.1
  • freetype2-32bit >= 2.3.7-25.11.1
  • freetype2-x86 >= 2.3.7-25.11.1
Patchnames:
slessp0-freetype2


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS firefox-freetype2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS firefox-freetype2 Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 freetype2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 freetype2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 freetype2 Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:28:48 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:41:56 2023