Security update for fontforge

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2236-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-11568 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11568 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11569 ( SUSE ): 7.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11569 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11571 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11571 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11572 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11572 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11573 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11573 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11574 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11574 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11575 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11575 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11576 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11576 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-11577 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-11577 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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 Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4

An update that solves nine vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for fontforge fixes the following security issues:

fontforge was updated to 20170731, fixings lots of bugs and security issues.

  • CVE-2017-11568: Heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (bsc#1050161)
  • CVE-2017-11569: Heap-based buffer over-read in readttfcopyrights (bsc#1050181)
  • CVE-2017-11571: Stack-based buffer overflow in addnibble (bsc#1050185)
  • CVE-2017-11572: Heap-based buffer over-read in readcfftopdicts (bsc#1050187)
  • CVE-2017-11573: Over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (bsc#1050193)
  • CVE-2017-11574: Heap-based buffer overflow in readcffset (bsc#1050194)
  • CVE-2017-11575: Buffer over-read in strnmatch (bsc#1050195)
  • CVE-2017-11576: Ensure a positive size in a weight vector memcpycall in readcfftopdict (bsc#1050196)
  • CVE-2017-11577: Buffer over-read in getsid (bsc#1050200)

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-SP4-2019-2236=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • fontforge-debugsource-20170731-11.8.1
    • fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-11.8.1
    • fontforge-20170731-11.8.1

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