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t1lib: buffer overflow

Package(s):t1lib CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4033
Created:September 20, 2007 Updated:February 12, 2008
Description: T1lib, an enhanced rasterizer for X11 Type 1 fonts, does not properly perform bounds checking. An attacker can send specially crafted input to applications linked against the library in order to create a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
Alerts:
Foresight FLEA-2008-0006-1 2008-02-11
rPath rPSA-2008-0007-1 2008-01-04
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:230 2007-11-20
Fedora FEDORA-2007-3308 2007-11-20
Fedora FEDORA-2007-750 2007-11-21
Fedora FEDORA-2007-3390 2007-11-20
Red Hat RHSA-2007:1027-02 2007-11-08
Debian DSA-1390-1 2007-10-18
Gentoo 200710-12 2007-10-12
Fedora FEDORA-2007-2343 2007-09-28
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:189 2007-09-27
Ubuntu USN-515-1 2007-09-19
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