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SUSE: 2025:0960-1 important: freetype2 out-of-bounds security risk

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
A pivotal advisory from SUSE regarding freetype2 highlights a significant out-of-bounds vulnerability fix affecting a range of products.
* bsc#1239465 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-27363

Summary

## This update for freetype2 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-27363: Fixed out-of-bounds write when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files (bsc#1239465). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-960=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-960=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * freetype2-devel-2.6.3-7.21.1 * libfreetype6-32bit-2.6.3-7.21.1

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security advisory DoS important SUSE out-of-bounds freetype2

References

* bsc#1239465

Cross-

* CVE-2025-27363

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-27363 ( SUSE ): 9.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-27363 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-27363 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-27363.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239465

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0960-1
Release Date: 2025-03-19T18:34:12Z
Rating: important

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security advisory DoS important SUSE out-of-bounds freetype2

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