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Slackware 10.2 / current : tetex PDF security (SSA:2006-142-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21583

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New tetex packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a possible security issue. teTeX-3.0 incorporates some code from the xpdf program which has been shown to have various overflows that could result in program crashes or possibly the execution of arbitrary code as the teTeX user. This is especially important to consider if teTeX is being used as part of a printer filter.

Solution

Update the affected tetex and / or tetex-doc packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5beff79b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21583

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2006-142-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/23/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:tetex, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:tetex-doc, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3193

BID: 15721

SSA: 2006-142-01