Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20203966
Revision Date:2020-09-29Version:635
Title:RHSA-2020:3966: 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 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-5395
    RHSA-2020:3966
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • fontforge is earlier than 0:20120731b-13.el7
  • AND fontforge is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • fontforge-devel is earlier than 0:20120731b-13.el7
  • AND fontforge-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK