Debian dsa-5641 : fontforge - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192271

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5641 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)

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

Solution

Upgrade the fontforge packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192271

File Name: debian_DSA-5641.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/19/2024

Updated: 11/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fontforge-extras, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fontforge, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfontforge4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fontforge-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fontforge-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fontforge-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-fontforge

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2024

Reference Information

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

Detections

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