FreeBSD : freetype -- Some type 1 fonts handling vulnerabilities (54075e39-04ac-11e1-a94e-bcaec565249c)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56685

Synopsis

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

Description

The FreeType project reports :

A couple of vulnerabilities in handling Type 1 fonts.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?73ddcc2a

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=528829&action=diff

http://www.nessus.org/u?e3bd018e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56685

File Name: freebsd_pkg_54075e3904ac11e1a94ebcaec565249c.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 11/2/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:freetype2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3256