Amazon Linux AMI update for freetype

Published: 2020-03-14

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2015-9381 CVE-2015-9382
CWE-ID	CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU20970

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9381

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    freetype-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.i686
    freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.i686
    freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.i686
    freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.i686

src:
    freetype-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    freetype-demos-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.x86_64
    freetype-devel-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.x86_64
    freetype-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.x86_64
    freetype-debuginfo-2.3.11-19.15.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2020-1348.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU20971