Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2010:137)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48195

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in freetype2 :

Multiple integer underflows/overflows and heap buffer overflows was discovered and fixed (CVE-2010-2497, CVE-2010-2498, CVE-2010-2499, CVE-2010-2500, CVE-2010-2519).

A heap buffer overflow was discovered in the bytecode support. The bytecode support is NOT enabled per default in Mandriva due to previous patent claims, but packages by PLF is affected (CVE-2010-2520).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30082

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30083

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30106

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30248

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30249

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30263

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30306

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?30361

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48195

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2010-137.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/30/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freetype6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freetype6-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64freetype6-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreetype6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreetype6-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libfreetype6-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2497, CVE-2010-2498, CVE-2010-2499, CVE-2010-2500, CVE-2010-2519, CVE-2010-2520

BID: 41663

MDVSA: 2010:137