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GLSA-202407-02 : SDL_ttf: Arbitrary Memory Write

high Nessus Plugin ID 201180

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-02 (SDL_ttf: Arbitrary Memory Write)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in SDL_ttf. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

All SDL_ttf users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/sdl2-ttf-2.20.0

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-02

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=843434

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201180

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202407-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/1/2024

Updated: 7/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27470

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sdl2-ttf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27470