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Multiple integer overflow flaws and an integer signedness flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way FreeType handled Mac fonts. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2014-9673, CVE-2014-9674) Multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled fonts in various formats. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, disclose a portion of the application memory. (CVE-2014-9657, CVE-2014-9658, CVE-2014-9660, CVE-2014-9661, CVE-2014-9663, CVE-2014-9664, CVE-2014-9667, CVE-2014-9669, CVE-2014-9670, CVE-2014-9671, CVE-2014-9675)

Source

ALAS-2015-502

Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-502
Advisory Release Date: 2015-04-01 13:56 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-04-01 17:05 Pacific

Severity: Important

References: CVE-2014-9657 CVE-2014-9658 CVE-2014-9660 CVE-2014-9661 CVE-2014-9663 CVE-2014-9664 CVE-2014-9667 CVE-2014-9669 CVE-2014-9670 CVE-2014-9671 CVE-2014-9673 CVE-2014-9674 CVE-2014-9675 RHSA-2015-0696

Issue Overview:

Multiple integer overflow flaws and an integer signedness flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way FreeType handled Mac fonts. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2014-9673, CVE-2014-9674)

Multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled fonts in various formats. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, disclose a portion of the application memory. (CVE-2014-9657, CVE-2014-9658, CVE-2014-9660, CVE-2014-9661, CVE-2014-9663, CVE-2014-9664, CVE-2014-9667, CVE-2014-9669, CVE-2014-9670, CVE-2014-9671, CVE-2014-9675)

Affected Packages:

freetype

Issue Correction:
Run yum update freetype to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:
    freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.i686
    freetype-demos-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.i686
    freetype-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.i686
    freetype-devel-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.i686

src:
    freetype-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.x86_64
    freetype-demos-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.x86_64
    freetype-devel-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.x86_64
    freetype-2.3.11-15.14.amzn1.x86_64

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