Recommended update for fontconfig

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for fontconfig
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0238-1
Rating: low
References: #860596
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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    An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for fontconfig fixes a segmentation fault when
    handling empty strings in BDF font properties
    (SETWIDTH_NAME or SPACING).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-fontconfig-8858
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-fontconfig-8858
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-fontconfig-8858
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-fontconfig-8858

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • fontconfig-devel-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • fontconfig-devel-32bit-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • fontconfig-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
    • fontconfig-32bit-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • fontconfig-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • fontconfig-32bit-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
    • fontconfig-x86-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • fontconfig-2.6.0-10.17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
    • fontconfig-32bit-2.6.0-10.17.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/860596
    • http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c6736a6a406b10dc5fbf5443d0dc77b7