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openSUSE Security Update : harfbuzz (openSUSE-2016-986)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92993

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for harfbuzz fixes the following security issues :

 - CVE-2016-2052: harfbuzz: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6 (boo#963436)

 - CVE-2015-8947: harfbuzz: hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh buffer over-read (boo#989564)

Solution

Update the affected harfbuzz packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=963436

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989564

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92993

File Name: openSUSE-2016-986.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2016

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8947

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2052

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:harfbuzz-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz-icu0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz-icu0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:harfbuzz-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz-icu0-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:harfbuzz-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:harfbuzz-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz-icu0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libharfbuzz0-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8947, CVE-2016-2052