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NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : texlive-base Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0137)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242701

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has texlive-base packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5. (CVE-2023-32700)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL texlive-base packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0137

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2023-32700

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242701

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0137_texlive-base.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/25/2025

Updated: 7/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32700

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:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-texlive-scripts, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-gsftopk, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-makeindex, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-luaotfload, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-bibtex, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-latex, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-mfware, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-luatex, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-pdftex, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-base, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-epstopdf, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-metafont, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-xetex, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-dvips, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-texlive.infra, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-lib, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-kpathsea, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-glyphlist, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-mptopdf, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:texlive-dvipdfmx, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32700