Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2020-1348)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134570

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

FreeType before 2.6.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c. (CVE-2015-9381)

FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation. (CVE-2015-9382)

Solution

Run 'yum update freetype' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2020-1348.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134570

File Name: ala_ALAS-2020-1348.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2020

Updated: 3/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-9381

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9381, CVE-2015-9382

ALAS: 2020-1348