RHEL 5 / 6 : freetype (RHSA-2013:0216)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 64390

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for freetype.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0216 advisory.

- freetype: heap buffer over-read in BDF parsing _bdf_parse_glyphs() (#37906) (CVE-2012-5669)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL freetype package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0216.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 64390

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0216.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/1/2013

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5669

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5669

RHSA: 2013:0216

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