3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%
It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain patterns in PatternMatch. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13720)
It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed PCF files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13722).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3442-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(103774);
script_version("3.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13720", "CVE-2017-13722");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"3442-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : libXfont vulnerabilities (USN-3442-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain patterns
in PatternMatch. A local attacker could use this issue to cause
libXfont to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13720)
It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed
PCF files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2017-13722).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3442-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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-2017-13722");
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:"2017/10/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1-udeb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont2-udeb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('14.04' >< os_release || '16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont-dev', 'pkgver': '1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.3'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1', 'pkgver': '1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.3'},
{'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1-udeb', 'pkgver': '1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.2'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1', 'pkgver': '1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1-dev', 'pkgver': '1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont1-udeb', 'pkgver': '1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.3'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont2', 'pkgver': '1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.2'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libxfont2-udeb', 'pkgver': '1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.2'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxfont-dev / libxfont1 / libxfont1-dev / libxfont1-udeb / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libxfont1 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libxfont1-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libxfont1-udeb | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont1-udeb |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libxfont2 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont2 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libxfont2-udeb | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont2-udeb |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libxfont-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxfont-dev |
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%