Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : t1utils vulnerability (USN-2627-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83990

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Jakub Wilk discovered that t1utils incorrectly handled certain malformed fonts. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted font, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected t1utils package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2627-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83990

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2627-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:t1utils, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3905

BID: 74674

USN: 2627-1