RedHat: RHSA-2020-1921:01 Moderate: fontforge security update
Summary
FontForge is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a
range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some
Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts.
Security Fix(es):
* fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c
(CVE-2020-5395)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5395 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8):
Source:
fontforge-20170731-14.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
fontforge-20170731-14.el8.aarch64.rpm
fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-14.el8.aarch64.rpm
fontforge-debugsource-20170731-14.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
fontforge-20170731-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm
fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm
fontforge-debugsource-20170731-14.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
fontforge-20170731-14.el8.s390x.rpm
fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-14.el8.s390x.rpm
fontforge-debugsource-20170731-14.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
fontforge-20170731-14.el8.i686.rpm
fontforge-20170731-14.el8.x86_64.rpm
fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-14.el8.i686.rpm
fontforge-debuginfo-20170731-14.el8.x86_64.rpm
fontforge-debugsource-20170731-14.el8.i686.rpm
fontforge-debugsource-20170731-14.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for fontforge is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1790041 - CVE-2020-5395 fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c