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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202004-14 ] FontForge: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:04:36
Message-Id: 6f7eee75-98ca-b422-54d2-6271f9dcf8a8@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202004-14
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: FontForge: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 30, 2020
10 Bugs: #706778, #715808
11 ID: 202004-14
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FontForge, the worst of
19 which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
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21 Background
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24 FontForge is a PostScript font editor and converter.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-gfx/fontforge < 20200314 >= 20200314
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FontForge. Please
38 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font
44 using FontForge, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
45 the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All FontForge users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/fontforge-20200314"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-15785
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15785
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-5395
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5395
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-5496
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5496
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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