Fedora 17 : freetype-2.4.8-3.fc17 (2012-4935)

high Nessus Plugin ID 58708

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes various CVEs

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=806270

http://www.nessus.org/u?c4dd8a84

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58708

File Name: fedora_2012-4935.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

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:17

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2012

Reference Information

BID: 52318

FEDORA: 2012-4935