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Gentoo: GLSA-202301-05 Normal: FontForge Remote Code Execute Risk

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Enhance FontForge to mitigate various security risks that might result in code execution on Gentoo platforms.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FontForge, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FontForge. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update code execution multiple issues normal severity FontForge

Resolution

All FontForge users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/fontforge-20200314"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-15785 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15785 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-5395 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5395 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-5496 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5496

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: FontForge: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 30, 2020
Bugs: #706778, #715808
ID: 202004-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update code execution multiple issues normal severity FontForge

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FontForge, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

FontForge is a PostScript font editor and converter.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/fontforge < 20200314 >= 20200314

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font using FontForge, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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