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Posted on 15 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: freetype security update
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
CVE Names: CVE-2022-27404 CVE-2022-27405 CVE-2022-27406
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1. Summary:
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 impact
of Moderate. 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 AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, 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: 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.
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/):
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
6. 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
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
x86_64:
freetype-2.10.4-9.el9.i686.rpm
freetype-2.10.4-9.el9.x86_64.rpm
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
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-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://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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