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ELSA-2012-0062 Moderate: Oracle Linux t1lib security update

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ELSA-2012-0062 Moderate: Oracle Linux t1lib security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/07/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/03/2012
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier, teTeX 3.0, t1lib 5.1.2, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-t1lib
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-t1lib-apps
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-t1lib-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-t1lib-static

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