RHEL 8 : mingw-freetype and spice-client-win (RHSA-2025:8292)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237452

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for mingw-freetype / spice-client-win.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8292 advisory.

MinGW Windows Freetype library.

Security Fix(es):

* freetype: OOB write when attempting to parse font subglyph structures related to TrueType GX and variable font files (CVE-2025-27363)

* libsoup: Integer overflow in append_param_quoted (CVE-2025-32050)

* libsoup: Heap buffer overflow in sniff_unknown() (CVE-2025-32052)

* libsoup: Heap buffer overflows in sniff_feed_or_html() and skip_insignificant_space() (CVE-2025-32053)

* libsoup: Out of bounds reads in soup_headers_parse_request() (CVE-2025-32906)

* libsoup: Denial of service in server when client requests a large amount of overlapping ranges with Range header (CVE-2025-32907)

* libsoup: NULL Pointer Dereference on libsoup through function sniff_mp4 in soup-content-sniffer.c (CVE-2025-32909)

* libsoup: Null pointer deference on libsoup via /auth/soup-auth-digest.c through soup_auth_digest_authenticate on client when server omits the realm parameter in an Unauthorized response with Digest authentication (CVE-2025-32910)

* libsoup: Double free on soup_message_headers_get_content_disposition() through soup-message- headers.c via params GHashTable value (CVE-2025-32911)

* libsoup: NULL pointer dereference in soup_message_headers_get_content_disposition when filename parameter is present, but has no value in Content-Disposition header (CVE-2025-32913)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL mingw-freetype / spice-client-win packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:8292.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237452

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-8292.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/29/2025

Updated: 5/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw-freetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-freetype-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spice-client-win, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spice-client-win-x86, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-freetype, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw32-freetype-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mingw64-freetype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spice-client-win-x64, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27363, CVE-2025-32050, CVE-2025-32052, CVE-2025-32053, CVE-2025-32906, CVE-2025-32907, CVE-2025-32909, CVE-2025-32910, CVE-2025-32911, CVE-2025-32913

CWE: 1050, 125, 126, 127, 476, 590, 787

RHSA: 2025:8292

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