FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3754 advisory.

  - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

  - FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.
    (CVE-2020-5496)

  - Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames. (CVE-2024-25081)

  - Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted archives or compressed     files. (CVE-2024-25082)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1921 advisory.

  - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has fontforge packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has fontforge packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:1921 advisory.

  - fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues :

  - fix for Use-after-free (heap) in the     SFD_GetFontMetaData() function and the crash     (bsc#1178308 CVE-2020-25690).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1514 advisory.

  - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Security Fix(es) :

  - fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData     function in sfd.c (CVE-2020-5395)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3966 advisory.

  - fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3966 advisory.

  - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3966 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202004-14 (FontForge: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FontForge. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font       using FontForge, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with       the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1921 advisory.

  - fontforge: out-of-bounds write in SFD_GetFontMetaData function in sfd.c (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

another fix for rh#1790042 - CVE-2020-5395:out-of-bounds write in sfd.c

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2020-5395:out-of-bounds write in sfd.c

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2020-5395: Fixed a use-after-free in     SFD_GetFontMetaData() (bsc#1160220).

  - CVE-2020-5496: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in     Type2NotDefSplines() (bsc#1160236).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for fontforge fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-5395: Fixed a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData() (bsc#1160220).

CVE-2020-5496: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Type2NotDefSplines() (bsc#1160236).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
191733	Debian dla-3754 : fontforge - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
180997	Oracle Linux 8 : fontforge (ELSA-2020-1921)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
154608	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : fontforge Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0153)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
147348	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : fontforge Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0033)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
145831	CentOS 8 : fontforge (CESA-2020:1921)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
143504	openSUSE Security Update : fontforge (openSUSE-2020-2111)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
141953	Amazon Linux 2 : fontforge (ALAS-2020-1514)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
141736	Scientific Linux Security Update : fontforge on SL7.x x86_64 (20201001)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
141579	CentOS 7 : fontforge (CESA-2020:3966)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
141254	Oracle Linux 7 : fontforge (ELSA-2020-3966)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
141031	RHEL 7 : fontforge (RHSA-2020:3966)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
136213	GLSA-202004-14 : FontForge: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
136062	RHEL 8 : fontforge (RHSA-2020:1921)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
134139	Fedora 31 : fontforge (2020-906ee5b38d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
133232	Fedora 31 : fontforge (2020-229ad63391)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
133174	openSUSE Security Update : fontforge (openSUSE-2020-89)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
133038	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : fontforge (SUSE-SU-2020:0118-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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