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RedHat: RHSA-2020-3966-01 Moderate: FontForge Out-Of-Bounds Write

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical fontforge patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, fixing a memory corruption vulnerability.
An update for fontforge is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

FontForge is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts.
Security Fix(es):
* fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c (CVE-2020-5395)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat software update security fix out-of-bounds write fontforge

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5395 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.i686.rpm fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.x86_64.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.i686.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.x86_64.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.i686.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.i686.rpm fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.x86_64.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.i686.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.x86_64.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.i686.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
Source: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.ppc.rpm fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.ppc64.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.ppc.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.ppc64.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.ppc.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.s390.rpm fontforge-20120731b-13.el7.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3966-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3966
Issue date: 2020-09-29

Topic

An update for fontforge is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat software update security fix out-of-bounds write fontforge

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1790041 - CVE-2020-5395 fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c

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