Issued:
2014-05-27
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:0554 - fontconfig bug fix update

Synopsis

fontconfig bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fontconfig packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fontconfig packages contain the font configuration and customization library, which is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to the requirements specified by the applications.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, when the font cache file was stored on a Network File System (NFS), the fontconfig library sometimes did not handle mmap() calls correctly. As a consequence, applications using fontconfig, for example the GNOME terminal, could terminate unexpectedly with a bus error. With this update, the FONTCONFIG_USE_MMAP environment variable has been added to handle the mmap() calls regardless of the file system, and these calls are no longer used if the cache file is stored on an NFS. As a result, the bus errors no longer occur in the described situation. (BZ#1035416)

  • Previously, the 25-no-bitmap-fedora.conf file name contained the word 'fedora', although file names in Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not supposed to include the word 'Fedora'. With this update, 25-no-bitmap-fedora.conf has been renamed to 25-no-bitmap-dist.conf, and the spec file has been updated. (BZ#1099546)

Users of fontconfig are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.src.rpm
  • fontconfig-debuginfo-2.8.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fontconfig-debuginfo-2.8.0-5.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.s390.rpm
  • fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fontconfig-debuginfo-2.8.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fontconfig-debuginfo-2.8.0-5.el6.s390.rpm
  • fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-5.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fontconfig-debuginfo-2.8.0-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • fontconfig-debuginfo-2.8.0-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.8.0-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fontconfig-devel-2.8.0-5.el6.s390.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information