[RHSA-2008:0558-01] Important: freetype security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: freetype security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0558-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0558.html

Issue date: 2008-06-20

CVE Names: CVE-2008-1806 CVE-2008-1807 CVE-2008-1808

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1. Summary:

 

Updated freetype packages that fix various security issues are now

available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

 

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red

Hat Security Response Team.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

 

3. Description:

 

FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and

manage font files, as well as efficiently load, hint and render individual

glyphs.

 

Multiple flaws were discovered in FreeType's Printer Font Binary (PFB) and

TrueType Font (TTF) font-file format parsers. If a user loaded a carefully

crafted font-file with a program linked against FreeType, it could cause

the application to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1807, CVE-2008-1808)

 

Note: the flaw in FreeType's TrueType Font (TTF) font-file format parser,

covered by CVE-2008-1808, only affected the FreeType 1 library (libttf),

shipped in the freetype packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. The

FreeType 2 library (libfreetype) is not affected, as it is not compiled

with TTF Byte Code Interpreter (BCI) support.

 

Users of freetype should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain

backported patches to resolve these issues.

 

4. 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

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

450768 - CVE-2008-1806 FreeType PFB integer overflow

450773 - CVE-2008-1807 FreeType invalid free() flaw

450774 - CVE-2008-1808 FreeType off-by-one flaws

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.src.rpm

 

i386:

freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

freetype-devel-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

freetype-utils-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.ia64.rpm

freetype-devel-2.0.3-13.el21.ia64.rpm

freetype-utils-2.0.3-13.el21.ia64.rpm

 

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AW/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.src.rpm

 

ia64:

freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.ia64.rpm

freetype-devel-2.0.3-13.el21.ia64.rpm

freetype-utils-2.0.3-13.el21.ia64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.src.rpm

 

i386:

freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

freetype-devel-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

freetype-utils-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.src.rpm

 

i386:

freetype-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

freetype-devel-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.rpm

freetype-utils-2.0.3-13.el21.i386.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://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1806

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1807

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1808

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

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