Security update for fontforge

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0863-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-25081 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-25082 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-25081: Fixed command injection via crafted filenames (bsc#1220404).
  • CVE-2024-25082: Fixed command injection via crafted archives or compressed files (bsc#1220405).

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 Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-863=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • fontforge-20170731-11.17.1
    • fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.17.1
    • fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.17.1

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