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openSUSE Security Update : libXfont (openSUSE-SU-2014:0073-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75391

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- U_CVE-2013-6462-unlimited-sscanf-overflows-stack-buffe.p atch

- unlimited sscanf overflows stack buffer in bdfReadCharacters() (CVE-2013-6462, bnc#854915)

Solution

Update the affected libXfont packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854915

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75391

File Name: openSUSE-2014-45.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxfont-devel-32bit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6462

BID: 64694