Amazon Linux 2 : fontforge (ALAS-2024-2495)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192215

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of fontforge installed on the remote host is prior to 20120731b-13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2495 advisory.

Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted filenames. (CVE-2024-25081)

Splinefont in FontForge through 20230101 allows command injection via crafted archives or compressed files. (CVE-2024-25082)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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 fontforge' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192215

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2495.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25082

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fontforge-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fontforge-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fontforge

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: 3/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25081, CVE-2024-25082

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