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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704777
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4777-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'freetype' package(s) announced via the DSA-4777-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'freetype' package(s) announced via the DSA-4777-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sergei Glazunov discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of embedded PNG bitmaps in FreeType. Opening malformed fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1-3+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

For the detailed security status of freetype please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'freetype' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-15999
Debian Security Information: DSA-4824 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
https://crbug.com/1139963
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
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