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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120367
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-502)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-502 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'freetype' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-502 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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 Software/OS:
'freetype' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9657
BugTraq ID: 72986
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
Debian Security Information: DSA-3188 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=195
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:0696
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0627 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9658
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=194
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9660
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=188
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9661
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9663
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=184
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9664
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=183
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9667
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=166
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9669
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=163
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9670
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=158
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9671
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=157
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9673
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=154
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9674
Debian Security Information: DSA-3461 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3461
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=153
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9675
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151
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