Security update for fontforge

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1199-1
Release Date: 2025-04-11T08:41:18Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-17521 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-17521 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-17521: Fixed command injection in help function uiutil.c (bsc#1073014)

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1199=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1199=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.9.1
    • fontforge-devel-20200314-150200.3.9.1
    • fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.9.1
    • fontforge-20200314-150200.3.9.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • fontforge-doc-20200314-150200.3.9.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • fontforge-debuginfo-20200314-150200.3.9.1
    • fontforge-debugsource-20200314-150200.3.9.1
    • fontforge-20200314-150200.3.9.1

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