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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : HarfBuzz vulnerability (USN-7251-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214894

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7251-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled shaping certain fonts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7251-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214894

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7251-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2025

Updated: 2/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25193

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz0b, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-icu0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-gobject0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25193

USN: 7251-1