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Ubuntu 17.10 : freetype vulnerability (USN-3572-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106839

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libfreetype6 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3572-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106839

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3572-1.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2018

Updated: 5/11/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10, 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: 2/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6942

USN: 3572-1