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RHEL 2.1 : freetype (RHSA-2009:1062)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 38874
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated freetype packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable font engine that can open and manage font files. It also loads, hints, and renders individual glyphs efficiently. These packages provide both the FreeType 1 and FreeType 2 font engines.
Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered several integer overflow flaws in the FreeType 2 font engine. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType 2, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2009-0946)
Chris Evans discovered multiple integer overflow flaws in the FreeType font engine. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2006-1861)
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font engine processed TrueType(r) Font (TTF) files. If a user loaded a carefully-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2007-2754)
Note: For the FreeType 2 font engine, the CVE-2006-1861 and CVE-2007-2754 flaws were addressed via RHSA-2006:0500 and RHSA-2007:0403 respectively. This update provides corresponding updates for the FreeType 1 font engine, included in the freetype packages distributed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected freetype, freetype-devel and / or freetype-utils packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-1861
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-2754
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 38874
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1062.nasl
Version: 1.30
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/23/2009
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freetype, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2006