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Amazon Linux 2 : freetype (ALAS-2023-1909)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170438

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of freetype installed on the remote host is prior to 2.8-14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1909 advisory.

 - FreeType commit 1e2eb65048f75c64b68708efed6ce904c31f3b2f was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function sfnt_init_face. (CVE-2022-27404)

 - FreeType commit 53dfdcd8198d2b3201a23c4bad9190519ba918db was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function FNT_Size_Request. (CVE-2022-27405)

 - FreeType commit 22a0cccb4d9d002f33c1ba7a4b36812c7d4f46b5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function 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

Run 'yum update freetype' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1909.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-27404.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-27405.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-27406.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170438

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1909.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 9/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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-2022-27404

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:amazon:linux:freetype, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2022

Reference Information

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