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SUSE: 2020:0393-1 Moderate: Fontforge Use-After-Free and Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for gnome-tweaks addresses serious vulnerabilities and improves overall system protection. Prompt application advised.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-5395: Fixed a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData() (bsc#1160220). - CVE-2020-5496: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Type2NotDefSplines() (bsc#1160236). 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-393=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-393=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): fontforge-20170731-11.11.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SUSE use-after-free fontforge

References

#1160220 #1160236

Cross- CVE-2020-5395 CVE-2020-5496

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5395.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5496.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160220

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160236

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0393-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SUSE use-after-free fontforge

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