Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | fontconfig security and bug fix update |
Informations | |||
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Name | RHSA-2016:2601 | First vendor Publication | 2016-11-03 |
Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2016-11-03 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 02 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Problem Description: An update for fontconfig is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch 3. Description: Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. Security Fix(es): * It was found that cache files were insufficiently validated in fontconfig. A local attacker could create a specially crafted cache file to trigger arbitrary free() calls, which in turn could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2016-5384) Red Hat would like to thank Tobias Stoeckmann for reporting this issue. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1073460 - Make alias Consolas displaying DejaVu Sans Mono 1350891 - CVE-2016-5384 fontconfig: Possible double free due to insufficiently validated cache files |
Original Source
Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2601.html |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-415 | Double Free |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Os | 3 | |
Os | 1 | |
Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2017-05-01 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update. File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1077.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-12-15 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20161103_fontconfig_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-11-28 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2016-2601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-11-11 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-11-04 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-12 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1070.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-02 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2186-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-09-02 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2190-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-22 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_44989c2967d111e68b1dc86000169601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-18 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-6802f2e52a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-18 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-3063-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-10 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-09 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3644.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-08-09 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-e23ab56ce3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2016-11-29 13:23:41 |
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2016-11-12 13:25:32 |
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2016-11-05 13:24:39 |
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2016-11-03 13:22:44 |
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