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SUSE: 2020:3628-1 Moderate: Fontforge Use-After-Free Issue

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security update for fontforge addressing two vulnerabilities, including a use-after-free issue, as referenced in SUSE-SU-2020:3628-1.
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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software patch moderate severity security patch use-after-free SUSE Linux Enterprise SUSE Enterprise fontforge

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/show_bug.cgi?id=1160220

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178308

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software patch moderate severity security patch use-after-free SUSE Linux Enterprise SUSE Enterprise fontforge

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