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Debian DLA-183-1 : libxfont security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 82300
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith and William Robinet discovered multiple issues in libxfont's code to process BDF fonts, which might result in privilege escalation.NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/03/msg00020.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82300
File Name: debian_DLA-183.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/30/2015
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: 8.5
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxfont1-udeb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxfont1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxfont-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxfont1-dbg
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2015