Fedora 8 : libXfont-1.3.1-2.fc8 (2008-0794)

high Nessus Plugin ID 30074

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2008-0006 Xorg / XFree86 PCF font parser buffer overflow

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

Solution

Update the affected libXfont, libXfont-debuginfo and / or libXfont-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30074

File Name: fedora_2008-0794.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/27/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxfont, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxfont-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxfont-devel, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0006

BID: 27352

CWE: 119

FEDORA: 2008-0794

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