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Fedora 31 : freetype (2020-6b35849edd)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142621

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2020-15999.

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Solution

Update the affected freetype package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-6b35849edd

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142621

File Name: fedora_2020-6b35849edd.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2020

Updated: 12/6/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15999