glsa-201507-10.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201507-10">
  <title>t1utils: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in t1utils could result in execution of arbitrary
    code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">t1utils</product>
  <announced>July 10, 2015</announced>
  <revised>July 10, 2015: 1</revised>
  <bug>548638</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-text/t1utils" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.39</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.39</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>t1utils is a collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>t1utils has a buffer overflow in the set_cs_start function in
      t1disasm.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could cause a denial of service and possibly execute
      arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All t1utils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/t1utils-1.39"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3905">CVE-2015-3905</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 06 Jul 2015 04:39:33 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jul 2015 08:01:40 +0000">mrueg</metadata>
</glsa>