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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2010:149)

high Nessus Plugin ID 48319

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in freetype2 :

Multiple stack overflow flaws have been reported in the way FreeType font rendering engine processed certain CFF opcodes. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted font file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libfreetype to crash, or, possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2010-1797).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621144

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 48319

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2010-149.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Published: 8/13/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freetype6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreetype6-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freetype6-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freetype6-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreetype6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreetype6-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2010

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1797

BID: 42241

MDVSA: 2010:149