Medium: fribidi

Issue Overview:

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application with the --caprtl option, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service. (CVE-2022-25309)

Affected Packages:

fribidi

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 fribidi to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.aarch64  
    fribidi-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.aarch64  
    fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.i686  
    fribidi-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.i686  
    fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.i686  
  
src:  
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    fribidi-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.x86_64  
    fribidi-devel-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.x86_64  
    fribidi-debuginfo-1.0.2-1.amzn2.1.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-25309

Mitre: CVE-2022-25309