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FreeBSD : pango -- remote DoS vulnerability (5a757a31-f98e-4bd4-8a85-f1c0f3409769)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117864

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Synopsis

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

Description

libpango in Pango 1.40.8 through 1.42.3, as used in hexchat and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted text with invalid Unicode sequences.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?025947ad

http://www.nessus.org/u?f3893d70

http://www.nessus.org/u?f7c7da9f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117864

File Name: freebsd_pkg_5a757a31f98e4bd48a85f1c0f3409769.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/2/2018

Updated: 8/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15120