openSUSE 10 Security Update : texlive-bin (texlive-bin-5221)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 32184

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Buffer overflows in dvips and dviljk could be triggered by specially crafted dvi files (CVE-2007-5935, CVE-2007-5937). dvips additionally created temporary files in an insecure manner (CVE-2007-5936).

Solution

Update the affected texlive-bin packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32184

File Name: suse_texlive-bin-5221.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2008/05/09

Updated: 2021/01/14

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-cjk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-dvilj, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-latex, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-metapost, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-omega, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-xetex, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2008/04/24

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5935, CVE-2007-5936, CVE-2007-5937

CWE: 119, 264