Fedora 9 : freetype-2.3.5-6.fc9 (2008-5425)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33221

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update backports security fixes from upstream version 2.3.6 - CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1807 and CVE-2008-1808. For further details, see:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=7 15 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=7 16 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=7 17 Note: TTF bytecode interpreter is not enabled by default in the Fedora freetype packages, therefore Fedora packages were not affected by the TTF part of the CVE-2008-1808.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected freetype package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?df6643e2

http://www.nessus.org/u?2b88a321

http://www.nessus.org/u?b75c39d1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450768

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450773

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450774

http://www.nessus.org/u?282662b8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33221

File Name: fedora_2008-5425.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1807, CVE-2008-1808

BID: 29639, 29640, 29641

CWE: 189

FEDORA: 2008-5425