Debian DSA-2328-1 : freetype - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56624

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's glyph handling could lead to memory corruption, resulting in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the freetype packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny7.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56624

File Name: debian_DSA-2328.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/25/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, 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: 10/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3256

BID: 50155

DSA: 2328

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