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Oracle Linux 9 : fontforge (ELSA-2024-9439)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211540

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-9439 advisory.

 [20201107-6]
 - Resolves: RHEL-26716 - CVE-2024-25081 and CVE-2024-25082 fontforge: various flaws

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

Update the affected fontforge package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-9439.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211540

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-9439.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:oracle:linux:fontforge, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::codeready_builder, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::distro_builder

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2024

Reference Information

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