SUSE Security Update: Security update for fontforge
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2020:3628-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1160220 #1178308 
Cross-References:   CVE-2020-25690 CVE-2020-5395
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:

   - fix for Use-after-free (heap) in the SFD_GetFontMetaData() function and
     the crash (bsc#1178308 CVE-2020-25690).


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-SP5-2020-3628=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      fontforge-20170731-11.14.1
      fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.14.1
      fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.14.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25690.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5395.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160220
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178308

SUSE: 2020:3628-1 moderate: fontforge

December 4, 2020
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues: - fix for Use-after-free (heap) in the SFD_GetFontMetaData() function and the crash (bsc#1178308 CVE-2020-25690). 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-SP5-2020-3628=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): fontforge-20170731-11.14.1 fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.14.1 fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.14.1

References

#1160220 #1178308

Cross- CVE-2020-25690 CVE-2020-5395

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25690.html

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160220

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178308

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3628-1
Rating: moderate

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