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CentOS 5 / 6 : freetype (CESA-2013:0216)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64383

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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 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important 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.

A flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. If a user loaded a specially crafted 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-2012-5669)

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?5101d86b

http://www.nessus.org/u?db036953

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64383

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0216.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2013

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5669

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-demos, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5669

RHSA: 2013:0216