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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882448
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for graphite2 CESA-2016:0594 centos7
Summary:Check the version of graphite2
Description:Summary:
Check the version of graphite2

Vulnerability Insight:
Graphite2 is a project within SIL's
Non-Roman Script Initiative and Language Software Development groups to provide
rendering capabilities for complex non-Roman writing systems. Graphite can be
used to create 'smart fonts' capable of displaying writing systems with various
complex behaviors. With respect to the Text Encoding Model, Graphite handles the
'Rendering' aspect of writing system implementation.

The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version:
graphite2 (1.3.6).

Security Fix(es):

* Various vulnerabilities have been discovered in Graphite2. An attacker
able to trick an unsuspecting user into opening specially crafted font
files in an application using Graphite2 could exploit these flaws to cause
the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the application. (CVE-2016-1521, CVE-2016-1522,
CVE-2016-1523, CVE-2016-1526)

Affected Software/OS:
graphite2 on CentOS 7

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1521
BugTraq ID: 82991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991
Debian Security Information: DSA-3479 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0197
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0258
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0594
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0779 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00052.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0791 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0875 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00088.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1522
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1523
Debian Security Information: DSA-3477 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3477
Debian Security Information: DSA-3491 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3491
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035017
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0554 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00053.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0564 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00055.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2904-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-1526
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0695
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html
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