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openSUSE: 2017:1273-1 Important: Graphite2 Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The recent update for graphite2 addresses a critical security vulnerability, as detailed in announcement ID openSUSE-SU-2017:1273-1.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for graphite2 fixes one issue.

This security issues was fixed:

- CVE-2017-5436: An out-of-bounds write triggered with a maliciously

crafted Graphite font could lead to a crash or potentially code

execution (bsc#1035204).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-570=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-570=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

graphite2-1.3.1-4.3.1

graphite2-debuginfo-1.3.1-4.3.1

graphite2-debugsource-1.3.1-4.3.1

graphite2-devel-1.3.1-4.3.1

libgraphite2-3-1.3.1-4.3.1

libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-1.3.1-4.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

libgraphite2-3-32bit-1.3.1-4.3.1

libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-32bit-1.3.1-4.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

graphite2-1.3.1-6.1

graphite2-debuginfo-1.3.1-6.1

graphite2-debugsource-1.3.1-6.1

graphite2-devel-1.3.1-6.1

libgraphite2-3-1.3.1-6.1

libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-1.3.1-6.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

libgraphite2-3-32bit-1.3.1-6.1

libgraphite2-3-debuginfo-32bit-1.3.1-6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5436.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1035204

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1273-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 openSUSE Leap 42.1 .

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