It was discovered that FreeType did not properly handle some malformed inputs. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted font files.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3370. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(86304);
script_version("2.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9745", "CVE-2014-9746", "CVE-2014-9747");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3370");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3370-1 : freetype - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"It was discovered that FreeType did not properly handle some malformed
inputs. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) via crafted font files."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798619"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798620"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/freetype"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/freetype"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the freetype packages.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been
fixed in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.5.2-3+deb8u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/10/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/10/07");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"freetype2-demos", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libfreetype6", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libfreetype6-dev", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libfreetype6-udeb", reference:"2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"freetype2-demos", reference:"2.5.2-3+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfreetype6", reference:"2.5.2-3+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfreetype6-dev", reference:"2.5.2-3+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libfreetype6-udeb", reference:"2.5.2-3+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | freetype | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freetype |
debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9745
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9746
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9747
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798619
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798620
packages.debian.org/source/jessie/freetype
packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/freetype
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370