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A freetype security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.



RHSA-2022:8340-01: Moderate: freetype security update



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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 . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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