RedHat: Important: freetype security update RHSA-2009:1061-02
Summary
FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and
manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs
efficiently. These packages provide the FreeType 2 font engine.
Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered several integer
overflow flaws in the FreeType 2 font engine. If a user loaded a
carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType 2,
it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2009-0946)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct these issues. The X server must be restarted
(log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0946 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
ia64:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
ppc:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Topic
Updated freetype packages that fix various security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
491384 - CVE-2009-0946 freetype: multiple integer overflows