Buffer Overflow Affecting freetype package, versions <0:2.8-12.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FREETYPE-5272071
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed3 Sept 2019
Introduced: 3 Sep 2019
CVE-2015-9382 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 freetype to version 0:2.8-12.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3140.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9382
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/psaux/psobjs.c?id=db5a4a9ae7b0048f033361744421da8569642f73
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45922
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3140
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/