ALAS2022-2022-154


Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-154
Advisory Release Date: 2022-10-17 23:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-11-01 21:25 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in Freetype's sfnt_init_face() function in the sfobjs.c file. The vulnerability occurs when creating a face with a strange file and invalid index. This flaw allows an attacker to read and modify a small amount of memory, causing the application to crash. (CVE-2022-27404)

A segmentation fault was found in the FreeType library. This flaw allows an attacker to attempt access to a memory location in a way that could cause an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-27405)

A segmentation fault was found in FreeType's FT_Request_Size() function in the ftobjs.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to access a memory location in a way that could cause an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-27406)


Affected Packages:

freetype


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update freetype --releasever=2022.0.20221019 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    freetype-debuginfo-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    freetype-demos-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    freetype-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    freetype-devel-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    freetype-debugsource-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64

src:
    freetype-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.src

x86_64:
    freetype-debuginfo-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    freetype-devel-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    freetype-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    freetype-demos-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    freetype-debugsource-2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64