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Oracle Linux 8 : freetype (ELSA-2020-4952)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 142895

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4952 advisory.

 [2.9.1-4.el8_3.1]
 - Test bitmap size earlier for PNGs
 - Fix memory leak in pngshim.c
 - Resolves: #1891905

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected freetype and / or freetype-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4952.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 142895

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4952.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2020

Updated: 2/6/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 10.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 9.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:freetype-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:freetype, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15999