FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in psaux/t1decode.c.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 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: heap-based buffer overflow related to the t1_builder_close_contour function (CVE-2017-8287)

  - 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 (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in     cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field     function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted font. (CVE-2014-9746)

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

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

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 :

  - FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write     caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.c.(CVE-2017-8105)

  - FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write     caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in     psaux/psobjs.c.(CVE-2017-8287)

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.

An update of the freetype2 package has been released.

This update for freetype2 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2016-10244: The parse_charstrings function in     type1/t1load.c did not ensure that a font contains a     glyph name, which allowed remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     file (bsc#1028103).

  - CVE-2017-8105: Fixed an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807)

  - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c     (bsc#1036457)

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

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings     function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font     contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a     heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103)

  - CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807)

  - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c     (bsc#1036457)

  - Fix several integer overflow issues in     truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)

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

This update for freetype2 fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2016-10244: Make sure that the parse_charstrings     function in type1/t1load.c does ensure that a font     contains a glyph name to prevent a DoS through a     heap-based buffer over-read or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted file (bsc#1028103)

  - CVE-2017-8105: Fix an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.ca (bsc#1035807)

  - CVE-2017-8287: an out-of-bounds write caused by a     heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in psaux/psobjs.c     (bsc#1036457)

  - Fix several integer overflow issues in     truetype/ttinterp.c (bsc#1079600)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

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

  - FreeType 2 before 2017-03-24 has an out-of-bounds write     caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_decoder_parse_charstrings function in     psaux/t1decode.c.(CVE-2017-8105)

  - FreeType 2 before 2017-03-26 has an out-of-bounds write     caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the     t1_builder_close_contour function in     psaux/psobjs.c.(CVE-2017-8287)

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.

Security fixes for CVE-2017-8105 and CVE-2017-8287.

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201706-14 (FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeType. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted font       file using FreeType, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code       with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Werner Lemberg reports :

CVE-2017-8105, CVE-2017-8287: Older FreeType versions have out-of-bounds writes caused by heap-based buffer overflows related to Type 1 fonts.

It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3282-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were     tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash,     resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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

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

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Freetype. Opening malformed fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

It was found that an out of bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow could be triggered in freetype via a crafted font.

This update also reverts the fix for CVE-2016-10328, as it was determined that freetype 2.4.9 is not affected by that issue.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u6.

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
198633	RHEL 7 : freetype (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196401	RHEL 7 : freetype (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
140973	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2020-2025)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
121749	Photon OS 1.0: Freetype2 PHSA-2017-0041	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
106896	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : freetype2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0462-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106747	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : freetype2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0414-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106743	openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-2018-156)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
101848	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2017-1114)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
101655	Fedora 26 : freetype (2017-71b9a2ef5f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
100813	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : freetype (EulerOS-SA-2017-1110)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
100657	GLSA-201706-14 : FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
100283	FreeBSD : freetype2 -- buffer overflows (4a088d67-3af2-11e7-9d75-c86000169601)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
100265	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : FreeType vulnerabilities (USN-3282-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
100101	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : FreeType vulnerabilities (USN-3282-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
100011	Fedora 24 : freetype (2017-950cc68400)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
100009	Fedora 25 : freetype (2017-5760b80676)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
99742	Debian DSA-3839-1 : freetype - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
99692	Debian DLA-918-1 : freetype security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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