Scientific Linux Update: Crucial Freetype Security Fix for SL4.x and SL5.x

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:39:20 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: FASTBUGS for SL 4.x i386/x86_64
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The following FASTBUGS have been uploaded to

 i386:
pam_krb5-2.1.17-12.el4.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
pam_krb5-2.1.17-12.el4.i386.rpm
pam_krb5-2.1.17-12.el4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:27:53 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: freetype security update
Issue date:	2010-11-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3855

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font
rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a
specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType,
it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2010-3855)

Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine.

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

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.src.rpm
 i386:
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.src.rpm
 i386:
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson