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AlmaLinux 9 : harfbuzz (ALSA-2022:8384)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167844

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:8384 advisory.

 - An integer overflow in the component hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc of Harfbuzz v4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2022-33068)

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

Solution

Update the affected harfbuzz, harfbuzz-devel and / or harfbuzz-icu packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8384.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167844

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-8384.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/18/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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-2022-33068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:alma:linux:harfbuzz-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:harfbuzz, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:harfbuzz-icu, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33068

CWE: 190