Rocky Linux 9 : harfbuzz (RLSA-2022:8384)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 184622

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:8384

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2102608

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 184622

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-8384.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2023

Updated: 11/6/2023

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:rocky:linux:harfbuzz-icu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:harfbuzz-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:harfbuzz-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:harfbuzz, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:harfbuzz-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:harfbuzz-icu, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:harfbuzz-devel-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/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