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RedHat: RHSA-2020-4952-01 Important: Freetype Heap Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
RedHat has issued a crucial security patch for freetype, tackling a heap overflow vulnerability in Enterprise Linux 8.
An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat security fix heap overflow security impact freetype important update

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 (v. 8):
Source: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.src.rpm
aarch64: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.ppc64le.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.s390x.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.i686.rpm freetype-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.i686.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.i686.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-4.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4952-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4952
Issue date: 2020-11-05

Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat security fix heap overflow security impact freetype important update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - 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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