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GLSA-200709-17 : teTeX: Multiple buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26215

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200709-17 (teTeX: Multiple buffer overflows)

 Mark Richters discovered a buffer overflow in the open_sty() function in file mkind.c. Other vulnerabilities have also been discovered in the same file but might not be exploitable (CVE-2007-0650). Tetex also includes vulnerable code from GD library (GLSA 200708-05), and from Xpdf (CVE-2007-3387).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted PNG, GIF or PDF file, or to execute 'makeindex' on an overly long filename. In both cases, this could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All teTeX users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/tetex-3.0_p1-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200708-05

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200709-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26215

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200709-17.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 10/3/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tetex, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0650, CVE-2007-3387

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200709-17