- Issued:
- 2009-05-22
- Updated:
- 2009-05-22
RHSA-2009:1061 - Important: freetype security update
Synopsis
Important: freetype security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
Updated freetype packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
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. These packages provide the FreeType 2 font engine.
Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered several integer overflow flaws in the FreeType 2 font engine. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType 2, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2009-0946)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
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/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
- freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ia64.rpm
- freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390x.rpm
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.s390.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.src.rpm
- freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.x86_64.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
- freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc.rpm
- freetype-demos-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386.rpm
- freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
- freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.ppc64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.