-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: freetype security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1161-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1161.html Issue date: 2011-08-15 CVE Names: CVE-2011-2895 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. 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 both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines. A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType library handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX compress. If a user loaded a specially-crafted compressed font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-2895) Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine. Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. 4. 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/kb/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 727624 - CVE-2011-2895 BSD compress LZW decoder buffer overflow 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.src.rpm i386: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm ia64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.ppc.rpm s390: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm s390x: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.s390x.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.s390.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.s390x.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.s390x.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.s390x.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.src.rpm i386: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.src.rpm i386: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm ia64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.src.rpm i386: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm ia64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.i386.rpm freetype-debuginfo-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-demos-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-devel-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm freetype-utils-2.1.9-19.el4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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