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SuSE 11 Security Update : freetype2 (SAT Patch Number 792)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 41393

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Freetype was updated to fix some integer overflows that can be exploited remotely in conjunction with programs like a web-browser.
(CVE-2009-0946) Thanks to Tavis Ormandy who found the bugs.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 792.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485889

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0946.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 41393

File Name: suse_11_freetype2-090416.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freetype2-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freetype2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:freetype2-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0946

CWE: 189