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A vulnerability was found in Freetype up to 2.1.10 (Software Library) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file ftutil.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted font file that triggers a null dereference.
The bug was discovered 06/12/2006. The weakness was shared 05/30/2006 by Josh Bressers as Bug 183676 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2661 since 05/30/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22064 (CentOS 3 / 4 : freetype (CESA-2006:0500)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117693 (CentOS Security Update for FreeType (CESA-2006:0500)).
Upgrading to version 2.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28548) and Tenable (22064). The entries 30376 and 31375 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22064
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : freetype (CESA-2006:0500)
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OpenVAS ID: 56934
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1095-1 (freetype)
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Upgrade: Freetype 2.2
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 183676Researcher: Josh Bressers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2661 (🔍)
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X-Force: 28548
SecurityTracker: 1016520
Vulnerability Center: 11967 - Freetype Denial of Service via ftutil.c, Medium
SecurityFocus: 18329 - FreeType TTF File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 20525 - Ubuntu update for libfreetype6, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 26033 - CVE-2006-2661 - FreeType - Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-0381
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 12:19Updated: 06/21/2019 08:18
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (88), 06/21/2019 08:18 (8)
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