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Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2013-150)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69709

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

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)

Solution

Run 'yum update freetype' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-150.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69709

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-150.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5669

ALAS: 2013-150

RHSA: 2013:0216