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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : freetype (RHSA-2006:0500)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22068

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated freetype packages that fix several security flaws are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

FreeType is a free, high-quality, and portable font engine.

Chris Evans discovered several integer underflow and overflow flaws in the FreeType font engine. If a user loads a carefully crafted font file with a program linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code as the user. While it is uncommon for a user to explicitly load a font file, there are several application file formats which contain embedded fonts that are parsed by FreeType. (CVE-2006-0747, CVE-2006-1861, CVE-2006-3467)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the FreeType font engine.
An application linked against FreeType can crash upon loading a malformed font file. (CVE-2006-2661)

Users of FreeType should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-0747

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-1861

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-2661

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-3467

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0500

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22068

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0500.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0747, CVE-2006-1861, CVE-2006-2661, CVE-2006-3467

RHSA: 2006:0500