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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : fontforge Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0153)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154608

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Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has fontforge packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c. (CVE-2020-5395)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL fontforge packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2021-0153

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-5395

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154608

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2021-0153_fontforge.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 10/28/2021

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2020-5395

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:zte:cgsl_core:fontforge, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:fontforge-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:fontforge, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:fontforge-devel, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_core:5, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5395