> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: 11 November 2020 10:06
> To: Diego Santa Cruz <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] FreeType CVE-2020-15999
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 08:06:44AM +0000, Diego Santa Cruz via
> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It was brought to my attention that FreeType < 2.10.4 is affected by a
> buffer overflow with PNG bitmaps as per
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.10.4/,
> https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999
> >
> > This does not appear in the CVE metrics which have been posted recently,
> apparently because it is tagged as google:chrome in the NVD database.
> >
> > In master freetype is already at 2.10.4, but on gatesgarth it is 2.10.2 and
> dunfell 2.10.1. What is the strategy regarding FreeType updates in OE-Core
> releases? Should I send a patch to update freetype to 2.10.4 in both branches
> or backport the fix for the buffer overrun?
> 
> Safe approach would be to pick the patch from Debian and with some luck
> it would apply as is to gatesgarth and dunfell versions.
> 
> Patch from Debian is
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15999
> -> https://sources.debian.org/patches/freetype/2.10.2+dfsg-4/cve-2020-
> 15999.patch/
> 
> 2.10.4 from master could be ABI compatible according to
> https://abi-laboratory.pro/index.php?view=timeline&l=freetype
> but https://www.freetype.org/index.html#news does list
> possible API break in 2.10.3:
> 
> "A warning for distribution maintainers: Version 2.10.3 and later may break
> the build of ghostscript, due to ghostscript's use of a withdrawn macro that
> wasn't intended for external usage. A fix is available here."
> 

[Diego Santa Cruz] OK, thanks, I will prepare and post patches with the 
backported fix then.
-- 
Diego Santa Cruz, PhD
Technology Architect
spinetix.com
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