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===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: freetype security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0737-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0737.html Issue date: 2010-10-04 CVE Names: CVE-2010-2806 CVE-2010-2808 CVE-2010-3054 CVE-2010-3311 =====================================================================
1. Summary:
Updated freetype packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links 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 AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, 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. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. The freetype packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 provide only the FreeType 2 font engine.
It was discovered that the FreeType font rendering engine improperly validated certain position values when processing input streams. If a user loaded a specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, and the relevant font glyphs were subsequently rendered with the X FreeType library (libXft), it could trigger a heap-based buffer overflow in the libXft library, causing the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-3311)
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed some PostScript Type 1 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-2010-2808)
An array index error was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain PostScript Type 42 font files. 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-2010-2806)
A stack overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed PostScript Type 1 font files that contain nested Standard Encoding Accented Character (seac) calls. If a user loaded a specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2010-3054)
Note: All of the issues in this erratum only affect the FreeType 2 font engine.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 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 http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
621907 - CVE-2010-2808 FreeType: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing certain LWFN fonts 621980 - CVE-2010-2806 FreeType: Heap-based buffer overflow by processing FontType42 fonts with negative length of SFNT strings (FT bug #30656) 623625 - CVE-2010-3311 freetype: Input stream position error by processing Compact Font Format (CFF) font files 625632 - CVE-2010-3054 freetype: DoS via nested "seac" calls
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm
ia64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm
ppc: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ppc.rpm
s390: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm
s390x: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390x.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm
ia64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm
ia64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.ia64.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4.8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.src.rpm
i386: freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm
x86_64: freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.src.rpm
i386: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm
ia64: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ia64.rpm
ppc: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc.rpm freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc64.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.ppc64.rpm
s390x: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390.rpm freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-2806.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-2808.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3054.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-3311.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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