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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : libxfont vulnerability (USN-1191-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55858

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Tomas Hoger discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed compressed fonts. An attacker could use a specially crafted font file to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected libxfont1 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1191-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55858

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1191-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/16/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2895

BID: 49124

USN: 1191-1