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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: freetype (CVE-2022-27404)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173545

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of freetype installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-27404 advisory.

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

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27404

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173545

File Name: mariner_freetype_CVE-2022-27404.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/28/2023

Updated: 8/29/2023

Supported Sensors: 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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:freetype, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:freetype-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:freetype-devel, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27404