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Oracle Linux 5 : libXfont (ELSA-2014-1893)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79424

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1893 advisory.

 - CVE-2014-0209: integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing (bug 1163602, bug 1163601)
 - CVE-2014-0210: unvalidated length fields when parsing xfs protocol replies (bug 1163602, bug 1163601)

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 libXfont and / or libXfont-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1893.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79424

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1893.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxfont, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxfont-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0209, CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211

BID: 67382

RHSA: 2014:1893