Debian DSA-3188-1 : freetype - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 81832

Synopsis

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

Description

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Freetype.
Opening malformed fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the freetype packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.2-3.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81832

File Name: debian_DSA-3188.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9656, CVE-2014-9657, CVE-2014-9658, CVE-2014-9660, CVE-2014-9661, CVE-2014-9663, CVE-2014-9664, CVE-2014-9666, CVE-2014-9667, CVE-2014-9669, CVE-2014-9670, CVE-2014-9671, CVE-2014-9672, CVE-2014-9673, CVE-2014-9675

BID: 72986

DSA: 3188