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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-27406: Security patch for freetype (ALAS-2023-1909)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-27406: Security patch for freetype (ALAS-2023-1909)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/22/2022
Created
01/25/2023
Added
01/24/2023
Modified
01/24/2023

Description

FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-freetype
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-freetype-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-freetype-demos
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-freetype-devel

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