Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200705-02 (freetype)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200705-02. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200705-02 : FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-02 FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs has discovered an integer overflow in the function bdfReadCharacters when parsing BDF fonts. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a us...