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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.3270
SUSE-SU-2019:2236-1 Security update for fontforge
29 August 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: fontforge
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-11577 CVE-2017-11576 CVE-2017-11575
CVE-2017-11574 CVE-2017-11573 CVE-2017-11572
CVE-2017-11571 CVE-2017-11569 CVE-2017-11568
Reference: ESB-2017.2209
ESB-2017.2154
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192236-1.html
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for fontforge
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2236-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1050161 #1050181 #1050185 #1050187 #1050193 #1050194
#1050195 #1050196 #1050200
Cross-References: CVE-2017-11568 CVE-2017-11569 CVE-2017-11571 CVE-2017-11572
CVE-2017-11573 CVE-2017-11574 CVE-2017-11575 CVE-2017-11576
CVE-2017-11577
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4
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An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for fontforge fixes the following security issues:
fontforge was updated to 20170731, fixings lots of bugs and security issues.
o CVE-2017-11568: Heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (bsc#
1050161)
o CVE-2017-11569: Heap-based buffer over-read in readttfcopyrights (bsc#
1050181)
o CVE-2017-11571: Stack-based buffer overflow in addnibble (bsc#1050185)
o CVE-2017-11572: Heap-based buffer over-read in readcfftopdicts (bsc#
1050187)
o CVE-2017-11573: Over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (bsc#1050193)
o CVE-2017-11574: Heap-based buffer overflow in readcffset (bsc#1050194)
o CVE-2017-11575: Buffer over-read in strnmatch (bsc#1050195)
o CVE-2017-11576: Ensure a positive size in a weight vector memcpycall in
readcfftopdict (bsc#1050196)
o CVE-2017-11577: Buffer over-read in getsid (bsc#1050200)
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:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2236=1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le
s390x x86_64):
fontforge-20170731-11.8.1
fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.8.1
fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.8.1
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11568.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11569.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11571.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11572.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11573.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11574.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11575.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11576.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11577.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050161
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050181
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050185
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050187
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050193
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050194
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050195
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050196
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050200
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