Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: fontforge / fontforge-debuginfo / fontforge-debugsource Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_4267)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 357094

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_4267 advisory.

* fontforge: command injection via crafted filenames (CVE-2024-25081)

* fontforge: command injection via crafted archives or compressed files (CVE-2024-25082)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_4267.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4267

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266180

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2266181

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:4267

http://www.nessus.org/u?7d41019c

http://www.nessus.org/u?941d72e0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 357094

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_4267.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25082

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25081, CVE-2024-25082