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FreeBSD : freetype2 -- buffer overflows (4a088d67-3af2-11e7-9d75-c86000169601)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100283

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?07f08a35

http://www.nessus.org/u?980a21dd

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100283

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4a088d673af211e79d75c86000169601.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freetype2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2017

Reference Information

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