Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | FontForge vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3409-1 | First vendor Publication | 2017-09-04 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2017-09-04 |
| 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in FontForge. Software Description: - fontforge: font editor Details: It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11572) It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11571) It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11574) It was discovered that FontForge was vulnerable to a buffer over-read. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11577) It was discovered that FontForge wasn't correctly checking the sign of a vector size. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to DoS. (CVE-2017-11576) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ fontforgeﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ fontforge-commonﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: ﾃつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3409-1 ﾃつ CVE-2017-11568, CVE-2017-11569, CVE-2017-11571, CVE-2017-11572, ﾃつ CVE-2017-11574, CVE-2017-11575, CVE-2017-11576, CVE-2017-11577 Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontforge/20120731.b-5ubuntu0.1 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3409-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 62 % | CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
| 38 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-09-05 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-3409-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-08-30 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3958.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-08-28 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-1065.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2017-09-06 13:25:19 |
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| 2017-09-04 21:23:08 |
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