Medium: harfbuzz

Issue Overview:

hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh in HarfBuzz through 6.0.0 allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks during the process of looking back for base glyphs when attaching marks. (CVE-2023-25193)

Affected Packages:

harfbuzz

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update harfbuzz to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    harfbuzz-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    harfbuzz-devel-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    harfbuzz-icu-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    harfbuzz-debuginfo-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    harfbuzz-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    harfbuzz-devel-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    harfbuzz-icu-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    harfbuzz-debuginfo-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    harfbuzz-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    harfbuzz-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    harfbuzz-devel-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    harfbuzz-icu-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    harfbuzz-debuginfo-1.7.5-2.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-25193

Mitre: CVE-2023-25193