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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0060
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0060)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'fonttools' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0060 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'fonttools' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0060 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
As of fonttools>=4.28.2 the subsetting module has a XML External Entity
Injection (XXE) vulnerability which allows an attacker to resolve
arbitrary entities when a candidate font (OT-SVG fonts), which contains
a SVG table, is parsed.
This allows attackers to include arbitrary files from the filesystem
fontTools is running on or make web requests from the host system.

Affected Software/OS:
'fonttools' package(s) on Mageia 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-45139
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VY63B4SGY4QOQGUXMECRGD6K3YT3GJ75/
https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/commit/9f61271dc1ca82ed91f529b130fe5dc5c9bf1f4c
https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/releases/tag/4.43.0
https://github.com/fonttools/fonttools/security/advisories/GHSA-6673-4983-2vx5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/08/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/09/1
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