The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in     cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field     function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted font. (CVE-2014-9746)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

It was discovered that FreeType did not properly handle some malformed inputs. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted font files.

Sergey Gorbaty reported issues related to the FreeType font engine.
FreeType improperly handled certain malformed font files, allowing remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service when specially crafted font files were used.

For Debian 6 'Squeeze', these issues have been fixed in freetype version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze6. We recommend you to upgrade your freetype packages.

Learn more about the Debian Long Term Support (LTS) Project and how to apply these updates at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
218623	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-9746	Nessus	Misc.	Local	critical
86304	Debian DSA-3370-1 : freetype - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
86211	Debian DLA-319-1 : freetype security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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