Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2017.136.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2017-136-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype' package(s) announced via the SSA:2017-136-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype' package(s) announced via the SSA:2017-136-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New freetype packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/freetype-2.6.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'freetype' package(s) on Slackware 13.0, Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8287 BugTraq ID: 99091 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99091 Debian Security Information: DSA-3839 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3839 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-14 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3774fc08b502c3e685afca098b6e8a195aded6a0 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=941 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
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