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CentOS 4 : freetype (CESA-2011:1161)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55861

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType library handled malformed font files compressed using UNIX compress. If a user loaded a specially crafted compressed 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-2011-2895)

Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected freetype packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a7d86e9

http://www.nessus.org/u?8d042a07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55861

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-1161.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-utils, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2895

BID: 49124

RHSA: 2011:1161