Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2012-40
Advisory Release Date: 2012-02-02 14:26 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14 15:15 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way t1lib processed Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files. If a specially-crafted font file was opened by an application linked against t1lib, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2010-2642, CVE-2011-0433)
An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause an application linked against t1lib to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-0764)
A use-after-free flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause an application linked against t1lib to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-1553)
An off-by-one flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause an application linked against t1lib to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-1554)
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause an application linked against t1lib to crash. (CVE-2011-1552)
Affected Packages:
t1lib
Issue Correction:
Run yum update t1lib to update your system.
i686:
t1lib-debuginfo-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.i686
t1lib-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.i686
t1lib-static-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.i686
t1lib-devel-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.i686
t1lib-apps-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.i686
src:
t1lib-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.src
x86_64:
t1lib-static-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.x86_64
t1lib-debuginfo-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.x86_64
t1lib-apps-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.x86_64
t1lib-devel-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.x86_64
t1lib-5.1.2-6.5.amzn1.x86_64