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Red Hat Enterprise: RHSA-2019-4254-01 Moderate: Freetype Buffer Over-read

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new security patch for Freetype has been released for Red Hat systems, categorized as moderate severity, addressing particular vulnerabilities related to buffer over-read problems.
An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

Summary

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. FreeType loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently.
Security Fix(es):
* freetype: a heap-based buffer over-read in T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c leading to information disclosure (CVE-2015-9381)
* freetype: mishandling ps_parser_skip_PS_token in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation in skip_comment, psaux/psobjs.c, leads to a buffer over-read (CVE-2015-9382)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity Red Hat Enterprise information disclosure freetype buffer over-read

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9381 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9382 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.src.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.el6_10.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:4254-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4254
Issue date: 2019-12-17

Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity Red Hat Enterprise information disclosure freetype buffer over-read

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1752788 - CVE-2015-9381 freetype: a heap-based buffer over-read in T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c leading to information disclosure

1763609 - CVE-2015-9382 freetype: mishandling ps_parser_skip_PS_token in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation in skip_comment, psaux/psobjs.c, leads to a buffer over-read

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