Out-of-bounds Read Affecting glib2-fam package, versions <0:2.56.1-2.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed17 Sept 2019
Introduced: 17 Sep 2019
CVE-2015-9381 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 glib2-fam to version 0:2.56.1-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3140.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2-fam package and not the glib2-fam package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
FreeType before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9381
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c?id=7962a15d64c876870ca0ae435ea2467d9be268d9
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45955
- 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/