SUSE Linux 15 SP6: 2025:1199-1 moderate: fontforge command injection
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April 11, 2025
* bsc#1073014 Cross-References: * CVE-2017-17521
Summary
## This update for fontforge fixes the following issues: * CVE-2017-17521: Fixed command injection in help function uiutil.c (bsc#1073014) ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1199=1 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1199=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.9.1 * fontforge-devel-20200314-150200.3.9.1 * fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.9.1 * fontforge-20200314-150200.3.9.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1073014
Cross-
* CVE-2017-17521
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2017-17521 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
* CVE-2017-17521 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17521.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1073014
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1199-1
Release Date: 2025-04-11T08:41:18Z
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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