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SUSE: 2018:3122-1 Important: texlive Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey October 12, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Update for texlive resolves critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized code execution.
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 Module for Desktop Applications 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2018-2204=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): libkpathsea6-6.2.3-11.8.4 libkpathsea6-debuginfo-6.2.3-11.8.4 libptexenc1-1.3.5-11.8.4

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Topics Covered

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References

#1109673

Cross- CVE-2018-17407

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17407.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109673

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3122-1
Rating: important

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