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Amazon Linux 2022 : freetype (ALAS2022-2022-238)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168580

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of freetype installed on the remote host is prior to 2.12.1-3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-238 advisory.

 - FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face. (CVE-2022-27404)

 - FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request. (CVE-2022-27405)

 - FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FT_Request_Size. (CVE-2022-27406)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update freetype' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-238.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-27404.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-27405.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-27406.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168580

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-238.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2022

Updated: 9/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-2022-27404

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:amazon:linux:freetype-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos

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: 12/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27404, CVE-2022-27405, CVE-2022-27406