openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:0420-1 Important: freetype2 DoS Issues
opensuse
February 12, 2018
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.
Description
This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues:
- CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings function in
type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font contains a glyph name to prevent
a DoS through a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified
other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103)
- CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer
overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in
psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807)
- CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer
overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function in
psaux/psobjs.c (bsc#1036457)
- Fix several integer overflow issues in truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-156=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):
freetype2-debugsource-2.6.3-5.3.1
freetype2-devel-2.6.3-5.3.1
ft2demos-2.6.3-5.3.1
libfreetype6-2.6.3-5.3.1
libfreetype6-debuginfo-2.6.3-5.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
freetype2-devel-32bit-2.6.3-5.3.1
libfreetype6-32bit-2.6.3-5.3.1
libfreetype6-debuginfo-32bit-2.6.3-5.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10244.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7864.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8105.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8287.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028103
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035807
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036457
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079600
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0420-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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