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Fedora 17 : freetype-2.4.8-4.fc17 (2013-1466)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64593

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes CVE-2012-5669.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected freetype package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890088

http://www.nessus.org/u?a99f13ee

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64593

File Name: fedora_2013-1466.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5669

BID: 57041

FEDORA: 2013-1466