Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1514
Advisory Release Date: 2020-10-22 17:33 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-10-22 22:36 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
An out-of-bounds write was discovered in fontforge while parsing SFD files containing very large LayerCount tokens. The flaw allows an attacker to overwrite data before a buffer allocated on the heap, thus causing the application to crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-5395)
Affected Packages:
fontforge
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update fontforge to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.aarch64
fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.amzn2.aarch64
fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.i686
fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.amzn2.i686
fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.amzn2.i686
src:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.src
x86_64:
fontforge-20120731b-13.amzn2.x86_64
fontforge-devel-20120731b-13.amzn2.x86_64
fontforge-debuginfo-20120731b-13.amzn2.x86_64