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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-13
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Severity: Normal
Title: Graphite: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 13, 2017
Bugs: #621724
ID: 201710-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Graphite, the worst of
which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Graphite is a “smart font” system developed specifically to handle the
complexities of lesser-known languages of the world.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/graphite2 < 1.3.10 >= 1.3.10

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Graphite. Please
review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have
other unspecified impacts.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Graphite users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-gfx/graphite2-1.3.10”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7771
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7771
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-7772
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7772
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-7773
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7773
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-7774
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7774
[ 5 ] CVE-2017-7775
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7775
[ 6 ] CVE-2017-7776
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7776
[ 7 ] CVE-2017-7777
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7777
[ 8 ] CVE-2017-7778
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7778

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-13

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

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