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Debian DSA-2350-1 : freetype - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 56883

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's processing of CID-keyed fonts could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the freetype packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny8.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze3.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=649122

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/freetype

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2350

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56883

File Name: debian_DSA-2350.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3439

BID: 50643

DSA: 2350