Issued:
2022-11-08
Updated:
2022-11-08

RHSA-2022:7745 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: freetype security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for freetype is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

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 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2077985 - CVE-2022-27406 Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size
  • BZ - 2077989 - CVE-2022-27404 FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face
  • BZ - 2077991 - CVE-2022-27405 FreeType: Segmentation violation via FNT_Size_Request

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 0b6cd37d7b0f45bd99eb6f59a535bb9f953173d482430e9149c25c0a0ad6ebf0
x86_64
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: b05be435f46b8bd175cb4f99e99f1c49922bce7ad834c6a78b2ec2ed397bb3cb
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d106458cafffa042800cd00f226a3ea2d38a7f41e07aeab749bde8fb5dbea43e
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: ec57b24c81808ef407531e007b1f670ad2c3199872e1072ef71af67034c952bd
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 986816e93e0cdb4a6b0955d6111439199d46725dd88577cf42607638583e69c3
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: ce64d990c0dc9b402189d063fe6475139b48e05545e71f6d16d1def8fce29cbe
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5e15d29efa8cfa58ddd1760f7f9bee821e54d1581e56772d4808c22eac07a17f
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 0b1ae23d35cceee6c4ed87e013c1ea3542e09e9417c6d73ab35ed318d1679873
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b872fd73f2710eb710a213258a8d02be4baabb4f68ffcf3e084f9a4c5073f77
freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: becb3f0f08608bb4bb91ae132556157691a626f2cff11cc66c1d14eb7987e1dc
freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f70bf1dbad1ec39407cb8fa4c01a10bb5fb10ca5c3a9272614bfdd9df8e00c0b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 0b6cd37d7b0f45bd99eb6f59a535bb9f953173d482430e9149c25c0a0ad6ebf0
s390x
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 174a3b6a133a3b44a45fe37e9647385b43f306b25a810f6cf40cf2ddbc1b517f
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8835a83187e85ccab9e9a190267d415e169ce98c4c5583170e1a49ca001d3c22
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1863aa57ac3667a452b0e83a503620133438eb654c91ad0db326efbdae3e1fe4
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ab2392af74f7bc2171ecfc9e0d9831c9c06eba0f67a3a68d3633468b17404ba5
freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9c367c434dd07f5800a1432f1156d4694221fbc775d1b8f09045d4285ac5cf62

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 0b6cd37d7b0f45bd99eb6f59a535bb9f953173d482430e9149c25c0a0ad6ebf0
ppc64le
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 10fec02ce2aa9f275aa1e32ad357ce223f4605af29c46625bb172c1d37de579b
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6fc896a6b376a8f982716c750fa31ad7ed7640541dddf8a3b9e369aad0e7ef00
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 03a2f46ef8ab4f1f10743947af66df0550753ad46e1e49000ff6093648b3abf6
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 619cac82aaad0a79e863ecca02903dd762a83efab7b790dc632c9835dce36ae3
freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 407350e3517947cc81ba41c5d398e8bab63eb36baf96209827675bb366019883

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 0b6cd37d7b0f45bd99eb6f59a535bb9f953173d482430e9149c25c0a0ad6ebf0
aarch64
freetype-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4156bfa683a8a85dc127227893239a0bc68455ab7b22811687560a375c779c2c
freetype-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6d32dee2daedb4075853fe384b99636bc79adee4c69d41656990285a82db5dd1
freetype-debugsource-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 9f49327c787406c0beeec58c60c19473c3c36f0464995c75d8d04d0cca5c42f8
freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b8b766998abf47db268d71baff47d56a4308a34a5edea5b9c4a27ac616ec8d1a
freetype-devel-2.9.1-9.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4ed5537b18160eb983402f13acf84bc06a7a8f1c01a1adc8dd3cc95107660849

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