Security update for freetype2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20204-1
Release Date: 2025-04-24T14:47:38Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-8105 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-8105 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-8287 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-8287 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-27404 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2022-27404 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-27405 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-27405 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-27406 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2022-27406 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for freetype2 fixes the following issues:

Update to 2.13.2:

  • Some fields in the FT_Outline structure have been changed from signed to unsigned type, which better reflects the actual usage. It is also an additional means to protect against malformed input.
  • Rare double-free crashes in the cache subsystem have been fixed.
  • Excessive stack allocation in the autohinter has been fixed.
  • The B/W rasterizer has received a major upkeep that results in large performance improvements. The rendering speed has increased and even doubled for very complex glyphs.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-300=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • freetype2-debugsource-2.13.3-1.1
    • libfreetype6-2.13.3-1.1
    • libfreetype6-debuginfo-2.13.3-1.1

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