ALSA-2020:4844

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4844.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:4844.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2020:4844
Related
Published
2020-11-03T12:40:50Z
Modified
2021-08-11T08:54:00Z
Summary
Moderate: fontforge security update
Details

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: SFD_GetFontMetaData() insufficient CVE-2020-5395 backport (CVE-2020-25690)

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170731-15.el8