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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : FreeType vulnerabilities (USN-3282-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100265

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

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.

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Solution

Update the affected libfreetype6 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100265

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3282-2.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2017

Updated: 1/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8105, CVE-2017-8287

USN: 3282-2