It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
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-972-1. 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(48361);
script_version("1.22");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1797", "CVE-2010-2541", "CVE-2010-2805", "CVE-2010-2806", "CVE-2010-2807", "CVE-2010-2808");
script_bugtraq_id(42241, 42285, 60740);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"972-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : freetype vulnerabilities (USN-972-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"It was discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain
malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially
crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
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://usn.ubuntu.com/972-1/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Update the affected freetype2-demos, libfreetype6 and / or
libfreetype6-dev packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'White_Phosphorus');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freetype2-demos");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/08/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/08/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/08/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(6\.06|8\.04|9\.04|9\.10|10\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 8.04 / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"freetype2-demos", pkgver:"2.1.10-1ubuntu2.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libfreetype6", pkgver:"2.1.10-1ubuntu2.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libfreetype6-dev", pkgver:"2.1.10-1ubuntu2.8")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"freetype2-demos", pkgver:"2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libfreetype6", pkgver:"2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libfreetype6-dev", pkgver:"2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"freetype2-demos", pkgver:"2.3.9-4ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libfreetype6", pkgver:"2.3.9-4ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libfreetype6-dev", pkgver:"2.3.9-4ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"freetype2-demos", pkgver:"2.3.9-5ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libfreetype6", pkgver:"2.3.9-5ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libfreetype6-dev", pkgver:"2.3.9-5ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"freetype2-demos", pkgver:"2.3.11-1ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libfreetype6", pkgver:"2.3.11-1ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libfreetype6-dev", pkgver:"2.3.11-1ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "freetype2-demos / libfreetype6 / libfreetype6-dev");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | freetype2-demos | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:freetype2-demos |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libfreetype6 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | libfreetype6-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreetype6-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 9.10 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1797
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2541
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2805
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2806
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2807
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2808
usn.ubuntu.com/972-1/