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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update: RHSA-2020:4950-01 Critical Freetype Fix

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An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: freetype security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2020:4950-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4950
Issue date:        2020-11-05
CVE Names:         CVE-2020-15999 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

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: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in
Load_SBit_Png (CVE-2020-15999)

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.

4. 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.

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1890210 - CVE-2020-15999 freetype: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):

Source:
freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.src.rpm

aarch64:
freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm
freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15999
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update: RHSA-2020:4950-01 Critical Freetype Fix

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2020
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Oracle has issued a critical libpng security patch to resolve a heap overflow vulnerability in Solaris 11.4.
An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

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: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png (CVE-2020-15999)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15999 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.src.rpm
aarch64: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_1.1.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4950-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2020-11-05

Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1890210 - CVE-2020-15999 freetype: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png

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