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RHEL 8 : fribidi (RHSA-2019:4361)
high Nessus Plugin ID 132393
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for fribidi.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:4361 advisory.- fribidi: buffer overflow in fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() in lib/fribidi-bidi.c leading to denial of service and possible code execution (CVE-2019-18397)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL fribidi package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:4361.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f675df23
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4361
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 132393
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-4361.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/24/2019
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18397
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fribidi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fribidi-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-18397