Amazon Linux 1 (EOL) Security Advisory: ALAS-2011-20
Advisory Released Date: 2011-11-19
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Multiple input validation flaws were found in the way FreeType processed CID-keyed 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.
Affected Packages:
freetype
Issue Correction:
Run yum update freetype to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
freetype-demos-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.i686
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.i686
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.i686
freetype-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.i686
src:
freetype-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.src
x86_64:
freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.x86_64
freetype-demos-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.x86_64
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.x86_64
freetype-2.3.11-6.11.amzn1.x86_64