SUSE: 2018:3033-3 Important: Texlive Buffer Overflow Risk
suse
April 27, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for texlive fixes the following issue: - CVE-2018-17407: Prevent buffer overflow when handling of Type 1 fonts allowed arbitrary code execution when a malicious font was loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex (bsc#1109673) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-458=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64): libkpathsea6-6.2.0dev-22.3.1 libkpathsea6-debuginfo-6.2.0dev-22.3.1
References
#1109673
Cross- CVE-2018-17407
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17407.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109673
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3033-3
Rating: important
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