Security update for fontforge

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0393-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-5395 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-5395 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-5496 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-5496 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • 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-2020-5395: Fixed a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData() (bsc#1160220).
  • CVE-2020-5496: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Type2NotDefSplines() (bsc#1160236).

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 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-393=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-393=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • fontforge-20170731-11.11.1
    • fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.11.1
    • fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • fontforge-20170731-11.11.1
    • fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.11.1
    • fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.11.1

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