FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - freetype: Use of uninitialized memory (CVE-2014-9746)

  - FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an allocation error     in the bdf_free_font function. (CVE-2012-5668)

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (infinite loop) via a broken number-with-base in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated     by 8#garbage. (CVE-2014-9745)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to the versions of the freetype package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in     FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the     current position for immediates-only mode, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) via a Type42 font.(CVE-2014-9747)

  - FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.(CVE-2015-9383)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in     skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because     ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an     FT_New_Memory_Face operation.(CVE-2015-9382)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in T1_Get_Private_Dict in     type1/t1parse.c.(CVE-2015-9381)

  - In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in     type1/t1parse.c on function T1_Get_Private_Dict where     there is no check that the new values of cur and limit     are sensible before going to Again.(CVE-2015-9290)

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in     FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a 'broken     number-with-base' in a Postscript stream, as     demonstrated by 8#garbage.(CVE-2014-9745)

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

According to the versions of the freetype package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The FreeType engine is a free and portable font     rendering engine, developed to provide advanced font     support for a variety of platforms and environments.
    FreeType is a library which can open and manages font     files as well as efficiently load, hint and render     individual glyphs. FreeType is not a font server or a     complete text-rendering library. Security Fix(es):The     t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in     FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the     current position for immediates-only mode, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) via a Type42 font.(CVE-2014-9747)In Sudo before     1.8.28, an attacker with access to a Runas ALL sudoer     account can bypass certain policy blacklists and     session PAM modules, and can cause incorrect logging,     by invoking sudo with a crafted user ID. For example,     this allows bypass of !root configuration, and USER=     logging, for a 'sudo -u \#$((0xffffffff))'     command.(CVE-2015-9383)FreeType before 2.6.1 has a     buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c     because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an     FT_New_Memory_Face operation.(CVE-2015-9382)FreeType     before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in     T1_Get_Private_Dict in     type1/t1parse.c.(CVE-2015-9381)In FreeType before     2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in type1/t1parse.c on     function T1_Get_Private_Dict where there is no check     that the new values of cur and limit are sensible     before going to Again.(CVE-2015-9290)The parse_encoding     function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via a 'broken number-with-base' in a     Postscript stream, as demonstrated by     8#garbage.(CVE-2014-9745)The parse_charstrings function     in type1/t1load.c in FreeType 2 before 2.7 does not     ensure that a font contains a glyph name, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted     file.(CVE-2016-10244)

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

According to the versions of the freetype packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in     FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a 'broken     number-with-base' in a Postscript stream, as     demonstrated by 8#garbage.(CVE-2014-9745)

  - The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in     FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the     current position for immediates-only mode, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) via a Type42 font.(CVE-2014-9747)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in T1_Get_Private_Dict in     type1/t1parse.c.(CVE-2015-9381)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in     skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because     ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an     FT_New_Memory_Face operation.(CVE-2015-9382)

  - FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.(CVE-2015-9383)

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

According to the versions of the freetype packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in     FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a 'broken     number-with-base' in a Postscript stream, as     demonstrated by 8#garbage.(CVE-2014-9745)

  - The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in     FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the     current position for immediates-only mode, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) via a Type42 font.(CVE-2014-9747)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in     skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because     ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an     FT_New_Memory_Face operation.(CVE-2015-9382)

  - FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.(CVE-2015-9383)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in T1_Get_Private_Dict in     type1/t1parse.c.(CVE-2015-9381)

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

According to the versions of the freetype packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in     FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the     current position for immediates-only mode, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite     loop) via a Type42 font.(CVE-2014-9747)

  - The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in     FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (infinite loop) via a 'broken     number-with-base' in a Postscript stream, as     demonstrated by 8#garbage.(CVE-2014-9745)

  - In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in     type1/t1parse.c on function T1_Get_Private_Dict where     there is no check that the new values of cur and limit     are sensible before going to Again.(CVE-2015-9290)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in T1_Get_Private_Dict in     type1/t1parse.c.(CVE-2015-9381)

  - FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in     skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because     ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an     FT_New_Memory_Face operation.(CVE-2015-9382)

  - FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read     in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.(CVE-2015-9383)

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4126-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain font files. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to access sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Several newly-referenced issues have been fixed in the FreeType 2 font engine.

CVE-2015-9381

heap-based buffer over-read in T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c

CVE-2015-9382

buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation

CVE-2015-9383

a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.2-3+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198605	RHEL 6 : freetype (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
135653	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2020-1491)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
134513	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2020-1224)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
132298	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2019-2581)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
131667	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2019-2514)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
130857	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2019-2148)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
128630	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : FreeType vulnerability (USN-4126-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
128509	Debian DLA-1909-1 : freetype security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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