Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | FreeType vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3572-1 | First vendor Publication | 2018-02-14 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2018-02-14 |
| 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:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | 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 17.10 Summary: FreeType could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - freetype: FreeType 2 is a font engine library Details: It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10: ﾃつ libfreetype6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 2.8-0.2ubuntu2.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: ﾃつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3572-1 ﾃつ CVE-2018-6942 Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/2.8-0.2ubuntu2.1 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3572-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-476 | NULL Pointer Dereference |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-07-24 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0148.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-07-24 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-02-21 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-07a3e36499.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2018-03-16 21:21:54 |
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| 2018-02-14 21:19:53 |
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