openSUSE 15.6: 2025:1199-1 moderate: fontforge command injection fix
opensuse
April 11, 2025
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Description
This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2017-17521: Fixed command injection in help function uiutil.c
(bsc#1073014)
Patch
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1199=1
* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1199=1
Package List
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* fontforge-devel-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* fontforge-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
* fontforge-doc-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.9.1
* fontforge-20200314-150200.3.9.1
References
* bsc#1073014
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17521.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1073014
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1199-1
Release Date: 2025-04-11T08:41:18Z
Affected Products:
* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
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