Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : freetype (ELSA-2012-0467)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68508

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0467 advisory.

[2.3.11-6.el6_2.9]
- Fix CVE-2012-{1126, 1127, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1134, 1136, 1137, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144}
- Properly initialize array 'result' in FT_Outline_Get_Orientation()
- Check bytes per row for overflow in _bdf_parse_glyphs()
- Resolves: #806268

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected freetype, freetype-demos and / or freetype-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0467.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68508

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0467.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1143

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1126, CVE-2012-1127, CVE-2012-1130, CVE-2012-1131, CVE-2012-1132, CVE-2012-1134, CVE-2012-1136, CVE-2012-1137, CVE-2012-1139, CVE-2012-1140, CVE-2012-1141, CVE-2012-1142, CVE-2012-1143, CVE-2012-1144

BID: 52318

RHSA: 2012:0467