openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libXfont ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:3256-1 Rating: moderate References: #1049692 #1050459 #1054285 Cross-References: CVE-2017-13720 CVE-2017-13722 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Description:

This update for libXfont fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2017-13720: Improper check for end of string in PatterMatch caused invalid reads (bsc#1054285) - CVE-2017-13722: Malformed PCF file could have caused DoS or leak information (bsc#1049692) - Prevent the X server from accessing arbitrary files as root. It is not possible to leak information, but special files can be touched allowing for causing side effects (bsc#1050459)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1357=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

libXfont-debugsource-1.5.1-9.3.1 libXfont-devel-1.5.1-9.3.1 libXfont1-1.5.1-9.3.1 libXfont1-debuginfo-1.5.1-9.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

libXfont-devel-32bit-1.5.1-9.3.1 libXfont1-32bit-1.5.1-9.3.1 libXfont1-debuginfo-32bit-1.5.1-9.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13720.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13722.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1049692 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1050459 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1054285