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GLSA-202003-41 : GNU FriBidi: Heap-based buffer overflow

🗓️ 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNU FriBidi

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-41.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(134727);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-18397");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202003-41");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202003-41 : GNU FriBidi: Heap-based buffer overflow");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-41
(GNU FriBidi: Heap-based buffer overflow)

    A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GNU FriBidi.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly cause a memory corruption, execute
      arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of
      Service condition.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-41");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All FriBidi users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.8'");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-18397");

  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:"2019/11/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:fribidi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-libs/fribidi", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0.8"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0.8"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "GNU FriBidi");
}

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