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FreeBSD : pango -- buffer overflow (456375e1-cd09-11ea-9172-4c72b94353b5)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 138922

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Synopsis

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

Description

Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is : The heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution.
The component is : function name: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels, assignment of nchars and the loop condition. The attack vector is: Bug can be used when application pass invalid utf-8 strings to functions like pango_itemize.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa098d36

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 138922

File Name: freebsd_pkg_456375e1cd0911ea91724c72b94353b5.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010238

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: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: 7/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010238