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GLSA-202402-06 : FreeType: Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189970

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-06 (FreeType: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - 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)

 - Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none. (CVE-2023-2004)

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

Solution

All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/freetype-2.13.0

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-06

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=840224

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=881443

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 189970

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202402-06.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 2/3/2024

Updated: 2/3/2024

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:gentoo:linux:freetype, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27404, CVE-2022-27405, CVE-2022-27406, CVE-2023-2004