FreeType Null Pointer Dereference in 'ftutil.c' Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1016520
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1016520
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-2661
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 18 2006
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.2 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in FreeType. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can create a specially crafted font file that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger an integer underflow and cause the target application to crash.
Josh Bressers reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can create a file that, when loaded by the target user, will cause the target user's application to crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (2.2.1).
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Vendor URL: www.freetype.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:37:37 -0400
Subject: Freetype vulnerability
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http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=183676
Josh Bressers reported an integer underflow.
CVE-2006-2661
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