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RHEL 9: RHSA-2022:8340-01 Moderate: Freetype Security Update

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat releases a new freetype patch for RHEL 9, tackling moderate security vulnerabilities linked to buffer overflow issues and additional concerns.
An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat update buffer overflow freetype segmentation violation

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/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
aarch64: freetype-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm freetype-devel-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: freetype-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.ppc64le.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.10.4-9.el9.ppc64le.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.ppc64le.rpm freetype-devel-2.10.4-9.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: freetype-2.10.4-9.el9.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.s390x.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.10.4-9.el9.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.10.4-9.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freetype-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.i686.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.x86_64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.10.4-9.el9.i686.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.10.4-9.el9.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.i686.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.10.4-9.el9.i686.rpm freetype-devel-2.10.4-9.el9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: freetype-2.10.4-9.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: freetype-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm freetype-debugsource-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.10.4-9.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: freetype-2.10.4-9.el9.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8340-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8340
Issue date: 2022-11-15

Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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 Red Hat update buffer overflow freetype segmentation violation

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, 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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