Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : freetype (multiple_buffer_errors_vulnerabilities_in)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80614

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and the improper handling of an 'allocation error' in the bdf_free_font function. (CVE-2012-5668)

- The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
(CVE-2012-5669)

- The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value. (CVE-2012-5670)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.1.18.5.0.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?f32fad6e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80614

File Name: solaris11_freetype_20140415.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:freetype

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5668, CVE-2012-5669, CVE-2012-5670