GLSA 201701-57: T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	T1Lib: : Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/23/2017
Bugs:	#358667
ID:	201701-57

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib, the worst of which could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

T1Lib is a library for rasterizing bitmaps from Adobe Type 1 fonts.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/t1lib	< 5.1.2-r1	>= 5.1.2-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in T1Lib. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Remote attackers, by coercing users to process specially crafted AFM font or PDF file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All T1Lib users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/t1lib-5.1.2-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-57.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.