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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : HarfBuzz vulnerability (USN-5524-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 163285

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5524-1 advisory.

 - An integer overflow in the component hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc of Harfbuzz v4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2022-33068)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5524-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 163285

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5524-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-gobject0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz-icu0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libharfbuzz0b

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33068

USN: 5524-1