Debian DSA-2155-1 : freetype - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51828

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two buffer overflows were found in the Freetype font library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the freetype packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny5.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2155

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51828

File Name: debian_DSA-2155.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3814, CVE-2010-3855

BID: 44214, 44643

DSA: 2155