CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.0%
Debian Security Advisory DSA-2253-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
June 3, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
Package : fontforge
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2010-4259
Debian Bug : 605537
Ulrik Persson reported a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in FontForge,
a font editor. When processed a crafted Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF)
FontForge could crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user running FontForge.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), testing distribution (wheezy),
and unstable distribution (sid) are not affected by this problem.
We recommend that you upgrade your fontforge packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: [email protected]
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 5 | alpha | python-fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | python-fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_alpha.deb |
Debian | 5 | s390 | python-fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | python-fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_s390.deb |
Debian | 5 | arm | fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_arm.deb |
Debian | 5 | amd64 | fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_amd64.deb |
Debian | 5 | sparc | python-fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | python-fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_sparc.deb |
Debian | 5 | armel | fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_armel.deb |
Debian | 5 | mips | fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_mips.deb |
Debian | 5 | powerpc | fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_powerpc.deb |
Debian | 5 | arm | python-fontforge | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | python-fontforge_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_arm.deb |
Debian | 5 | all | fontforge-doc | < 0.0.20080429-1+lenny2 | fontforge-doc_0.0.20080429-1+lenny2_all.deb |