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Ubuntu 13.10 : freetype vulnerabilities (USN-2148-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 73076
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.(CVE-2014-2240, CVE-2014-2241).
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Solution
Update the affected libfreetype6 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 73076
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2148-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 3/18/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-2240, CVE-2014-2241
USN: 2148-1