Fedora 15 : freetype-2.4.4-6.fc15 (2011-14749)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56789

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes CVE-2011-3256
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Solution

Update the affected freetype package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b5143d3c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56789

File Name: fedora_2011-14749.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2011

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: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3256

BID: 50155

FEDORA: 2011-14749