Hamid Ebadi discovered a buffer overflow in the intT1_Env_GetCompletePath routine in t1lib, a Type 1 font rasterizer library. This flaw could allow an attacker to crash an application using the t1lib shared libraries, and potentially execute arbitrary code within such an application's security context.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.2-3sarge1.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.1.0-2etch1.
We recommend that you upgrade your t1lib package.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.