Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title libXfont: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201507-21 First vendor Publication 2015-07-22
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2015-07-22
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 8.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 6.8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libXfont, the worst of which could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

libXfont is an X11 font rasterisation library.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libXfont. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libXfont 1.4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.4.9"

All libXfont 1.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/libXfont-1.5.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-1802 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1802
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-1803 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1803
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-1804 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1804

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201507-21.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 27
Os 4
Os 1

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2015-07-16 IAVM : 2015-A-0160 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux and Virtualization
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0061123

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-12-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-913.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-10-22 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2015-1708.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-23 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-597.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2015-1708.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-04 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20150903_libXfont_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-04 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0120.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-04 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1708.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201507-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-16 Name : The application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerab...
File : oracle_secure_global_desktop_jul_2015_cpu.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-08 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_xorg-x11-devel-150317.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-266.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-145.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-183.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-25 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-4230.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-4199.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2536-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3194.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-18 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_f7d79faccd4911e4898fbcaec565249c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-07-24 13:29:59
  • Multiple Updates
2015-07-22 21:22:22
  • First insertion