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Amazon Linux 2 : fontforge, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3063 (ALAS-2025-3063)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 274645
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of fontforge installed on the remote host is prior to 20120731b-13. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3063 advisory.FontForge v20230101 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the component DlgCreate8. (CVE-2025-50949)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update fontforge' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-3063' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-3063.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 274645
File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-3063.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/11/2025
Updated: 11/11/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-50949
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fontforge-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fontforge-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fontforge
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-50949