CentOS 8 : freetype (CESA-2022:7745)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167178

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2022:7745 advisory.

 - FreeType: Buffer overflow in sfnt_init_face (CVE-2022-27404)

 - FreeType: Segmentation violation via FNT_Size_Request (CVE-2022-27405)

 - Freetype: Segmentation violation via FT_Request_Size (CVE-2022-27406)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7745

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167178

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-7745.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2022

Updated: 11/9/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27404

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:freetype-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27404, CVE-2022-27405, CVE-2022-27406

RHSA: 2022:7745