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ELSA-2013-0216 -- Oracle freetype

ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:1500083Date: (C)2013-03-20   (M)2023-12-07
Class: PATCHFamily: unix




Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section. FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open andmanage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphsefficiently.A flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processedcertain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format fonts. If a user loaded aspecially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, itcould cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary codewith the privileges of the user running the application. Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain abackported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Platform:
Oracle Linux 6
Product:
freetype
Reference:
ELSA-2013-0216
CVE-2012-5669
CVE    1
CVE-2012-5669
CPE    50
cpe:/a:freetype:freetype:2.3.9
cpe:/a:freetype:freetype:2.1.7
cpe:/a:freetype:freetype:2.3.5
cpe:/a:freetype:freetype:2.1.8
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