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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: freetype security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0216-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0216.html
Issue date: 2013-01-31
CVE Names: CVE-2012-5669
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1. Summary:
Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and
manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs
efficiently.
A flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed
certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) 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-2012-5669)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted (log
out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
890088 - CVE-2012-5669 freetype: heap buffer over-read in BDF parsing _bdf_parse_glyphs() (#37906)
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
ia64:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
ppc:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-32.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Client/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6ComputeNode/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
ppc64:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
ppc64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.src.rpm
i386:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.i686.rpm
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-14.el6_3.1.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-5669.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
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