Fedora 15 : freetype-2.4.4-7.fc15 (2011-15964)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57000

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes CVE-2011-3439

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753837

http://www.nessus.org/u?7db8f3a9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57000

File Name: fedora_2011-15964.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/5/2011

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freetype, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3439

BID: 50643

FEDORA: 2011-15964