Debian DSA-3958-1 : fontforge - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102825

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that FontForge, a font editor, did not correctly validate its input. An attacker could use this flaw by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted OpenType font file, thus causing a denial-of-service via application crash, or execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the fontforge packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 20120731.b-5+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102825

File Name: debian_DSA-3958.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fontforge, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11571, CVE-2017-11572, CVE-2017-11574, CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11576, CVE-2017-11577

DSA: 3958

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