Security update for freetype2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for freetype2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0195-1
Rating: moderate
References: #795826
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes:

    * OOB access in bdf_free_font() and _bdf_parse_glyphs()
    (CVE-2012-5668 and CVE-2012-5669)

    As well as the following non-security bugs:

    * [bdf] Savannah bug #37905. o src/bdf/bdflib.c
    (_bdf_parse_start): Reset `props_size' to zero in case of
    allocation error; this value gets used in a loop in
    * [bdf] Fix Savannah bug #37906. o src/bdf/bdflib.c
    (_bdf_parse_glyphs): Use correct array size for checking
    `glyph_enc'.

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-5668
    >
    * CVE-2012-5669
    >

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-freetype2-7232
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-freetype2-7232
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-freetype2-7232
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-freetype2-7232

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freetype2-devel-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freetype2-devel-32bit-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • freetype2-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • ft2demos-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
    • freetype2-32bit-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freetype2-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • ft2demos-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • freetype2-32bit-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
    • freetype2-x86-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • freetype2-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • freetype2-devel-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • ft2demos-2.3.7-25.32.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
    • freetype2-32bit-2.3.7-25.32.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5668.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5669.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/795826
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=cdec3f55c43c965d2fec90d543cc6e2b