Issued:

2007-06-11

Updated:

2007-06-11

RHSA-2007:0403 - Moderate: freetype security update

Synopsis

Moderate: freetype security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated freetype packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font engine processed TTF font files. If a user loaded a carefully crafted font file with a program linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code. While it is uncommon for a user to explicitly load a font file, there are several application file formats which contain embedded fonts that are parsed by FreeType. (CVE-2007-2754)

Users of FreeType should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• freetype-devel-2.1.9-6.el4.s390.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4.ppc.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.4-7.el3.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.2.1-19.el5.i386.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4.i386.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.1.9-6.el4.i386.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.ia64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.9-6.el4.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.i386.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.9-6.el4.ia64.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.ppc64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.9-6.el4.i386.rpm
• freetype-2.0.3-10.el21.ia64.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.s390.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.1.9-6.el4.s390x.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.2.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.0.3-10.el21.i386.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.9-6.el4.ppc.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.s390x.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.ppc64.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.i386.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.ppc64.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.i386.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.4-7.el3.s390x.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.1.9-6.el4.ia64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.4-7.el3.ppc.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.ppc.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.ia64.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.s390.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.1.9-6.el4.ppc.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.9-6.el4.s390x.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.2.1-19.el5.ia64.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.ia64.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4.s390.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.4-7.el3.s390.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.4-7.el3.ia64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.ia64.rpm
• freetype-2.0.3-10.el21.i386.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.1.9-6.el4.s390.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4.ia64.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.0.3-10.el21.ia64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.ppc.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.ppc64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.s390.rpm
• freetype-utils-2.1.9-6.el4.s390x.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.s390.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.s390x.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.0.3-10.el21.ia64.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.s390x.rpm
• freetype-2.1.4-7.el3.ppc.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.ppc.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.2.1-19.el5.s390x.rpm
• freetype-2.1.9-6.el4.s390x.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.2.1-19.el5.ppc.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.0.3-10.el21.i386.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.1.4-7.el3.i386.rpm
• freetype-2.2.1-19.el5.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-demos-2.1.9-6.el4.x86_64.rpm
• freetype-devel-2.2.1-19.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 240200

CVEs

• CVE-2007-2754

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

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