openSUSE 13.2: 2021:0597-1 Critical: Graphite2 Service Disruption
opensuse
March 16, 2016
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available
Description
This update for graphite2 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-1521: The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in
Libgraphite did not validate a certain skip operation, which allowed
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information,
or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash)
via a crafted Graphite smart font.
- CVE-2016-1522: Code.cpp in Libgraphite did not consider recursive load
calls during a size check, which allowed remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted Graphite smart font.
- CVE-2016-1523: The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.cpp in
Libgraphite mishandled a return value, which allowed remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer
dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
- CVE-2016-1526: The...
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Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-349=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
graphite2-1.2.4-2.4.1
graphite2-debuginfo-1.2.4-2.4.1
graphite2-debugsource-1.2.4-2.4.1
graphite2-devel-1.2.4-2.4.1
libgraphite2-3-1.2.4-2.4.1
libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-1.2.4-2.4.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):
libgraphite2-3-32bit-1.2.4-2.4.1
libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-32bit-1.2.4-2.4.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1521.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1522.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1523.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1526.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965803
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965806
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965807
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965810
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0791-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.2
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Topics Covered
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