Lucene search
+L

Amazon Linux 2023 : freetype, freetype-demos, freetype-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1486)

🗓️ 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 5 Views

Freetype OpenType variable fonts may read out of bounds in 2.13.2/2.13.3; fixed in 2.14.2 (CVE-2026-23865).

Related
Refs
Code
ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in IBM Semeru SDK (CVE-2026-34282, CVE-2026-22016, CVE-2026-23865, CVE-2026-22021, CVE-2026-22018, CVE-2026-22008, CVE-2026-34268, CVE-2026-22007) affect Power HMC.
1 Jul 202613:54
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Java Updates for the April 2026 Vulnerability Advisory
24 Jun 202617:40
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Semeru Runtime affecting Rational Business Developer
8 Jul 202604:12
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities affect CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms and CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition.
22 Jun 202616:22
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Control Center is affected by vulnerabilities in IBM Semeru Runtime Quarterly CPU - Apr 2026
27 May 202614:02
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Web Services is Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities.
15 Jun 202619:16
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM App Connect Enterprise is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities due to IBM Semeru Runtime
22 May 202609:14
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Data Product Hub
23 Jun 202606:53
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for Unix is impacted by vulnerabilities
14 Jul 202617:22
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: IBM MQ Appliance appliance is affected by multiple Java vulnerabilities
25 Jun 202617:53
ibm
Rows per page
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2026-1486.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(304286);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/03/30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-23865");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-0196");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : freetype, freetype-demos, freetype-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1486)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1486 advisory.

    An integer overflow in the tt_var_load_item_variation_store function of the Freetype library in versions
    2.13.2 and 2.13.3 may allow for an out of bounds read operation when parsing HVAR/VVAR/MVAR tables in
    OpenType variable fonts. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2. (CVE-2026-23865)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-1486.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-23865.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update freetype --releasever 2023.10.20260325' or
  or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1486 --releasever 2023.10.20260325' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-23865");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/03/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/03/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-demos-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:freetype-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'freetype-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-debuginfo-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-debuginfo-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-debugsource-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-debugsource-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-demos-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-demos-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-demos-debuginfo-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-devel-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'freetype-devel-2.13.2-5.amzn2023.0.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "freetype / freetype-debuginfo / freetype-debugsource / etc");
}

Data

Build on a solid foundation with Vulners data

We provide the essential building blocks for cybersecurity solutions with comprehensive, structured, and constantly updated vulnerability and exploits data

Api

Power your application with Vulners API

The Vulners REST API offers reliable, high-performance access to vulnerability intelligence, with 99.9% SLA uptime and CDN-backed data delivery for seamless global access

App

Assess and manage vulnerabilities with Vulners tools

Built on top of Vulners' database and SDK, end-user solutions give security professionals and developers lightweight and powerful tools for vulnerability remediation

30 Mar 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.15.3
EPSS0.00141
SSVC
5