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RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2022-7745-01 Moderate: freetype Threats

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest Red Hat freetype update reveals significant security vulnerabilities impacting Enterprise Linux 8. Users must review the advisory and promptly apply updates to secure their systems.
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: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face (CVE-2022-27404)
* FreeType: Segmentation violation via FNT_Size_Request (CVE-2022-27405)
* Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size (CVE-2022-27406)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise freetype segmentation fault

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27404 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27405 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27406 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.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


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7745-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7745
Issue date: 2022-11-08

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 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 buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise freetype segmentation fault

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2077985 - CVE-2022-27406 Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size

2077989 - CVE-2022-27404 FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face

2077991 - CVE-2022-27405 FreeType: Segmentation violation via FNT_Size_Request

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