Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed     because it should be categorized as a usability problem. (CVE-2023-46048)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1310-1 advisory.

  - Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed     because it should be categorized as a usability problem. (CVE-2023-46048)

  - TeX Live 944e257 allows a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tounicode.c. NOTE: this is     disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem. (CVE-2023-46051)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1296-1 advisory.

  - Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed     because it should be categorized as a usability problem. (CVE-2023-46048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
258534	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-46048	Nessus	Misc.	medium
193391	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : texlive (SUSE-SU-2024:1310-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
193354	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : texlive (SUSE-SU-2024:1296-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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