Executive Summary

Summary
Title HarfBuzz: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201701-76 First vendor Publication 2017-01-31
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-01-31
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HarfBuzz, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.

Description

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

Impact

Remote attackers, through the use of crafted data, could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All HarfBuzz users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/harfbuzz-1.0.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8947 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-8947
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-2052 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2052

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-76.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3934
Application 1
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1048.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-01 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-2315-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-10 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1821-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-01 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-76.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-25 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3067-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-986.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-0072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-01-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2877-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-02-02 13:25:45
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-31 17:23:43
  • First insertion