Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | HarfBuzz vulnerabilities |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-3067-1 | First vendor Publication | 2016-08-24 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2016-08-24 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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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
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: HarfBuzz could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed specially crafted data. Software Description: - harfbuzz: OpenType text shaping engine Details: Kostya Serebryany discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8947) It was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain length checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2052) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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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 |
Alert History
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2016-08-26 13:26:07 |
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2016-08-24 17:21:25 |
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