RHSA-2008:0556High

Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Published
June 20, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2008-1806 →CVE-2008-1807 →CVE-2008-1808 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-1806 — FreeType PFB integer overflow CVE-2008-1807 — FreeType invalid free() flaw CVE-2008-1808 — FreeType off-by-one flaws

🎯 Affected products174

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • freetype-0:2.1.4-10.el3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • +144 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (7)