Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20201921
Revision Date:2020-04-28Version:639
Title:RHSA-2020:1921: fontforge security update (Moderate)
Description: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.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-5395
    RHSA-2020:1921
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • fontforge is earlier than 0:20170731-14.el8
  • AND fontforge is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • AND
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • BACK