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Fedora 9 : freetype-2.3.5-6.fc9 (2008-5425)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33221
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
This update backports security fixes from upstream version 2.3.6 - CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1807 and CVE-2008-1808. For further details, see:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=7 15 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=7 16 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=7 17 Note: TTF bytecode interpreter is not enabled by default in the Fedora freetype packages, therefore Fedora packages were not affected by the TTF part of the CVE-2008-1808.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected freetype package.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?df6643e2
http://www.nessus.org/u?2b88a321
http://www.nessus.org/u?b75c39d1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450768
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450773
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33221
File Name: fedora_2008-5425.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 6/19/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2008