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Fedora 21 : freetype-2.5.3-13.fc21 (2014-16840)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80234

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update prevents freetype from a buffer overflow.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected freetype package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172633

http://www.nessus.org/u?6de36e60

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80234

File Name: fedora_2014-16840.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/26/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:21

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2240

BID: 66074

FEDORA: 2014-16840