An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - transfig: Buffer underwrite in read.c:get_line() via crafted FIG file (CVE-2018-16140)

  - An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-     service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative     font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c. (CVE-2017-16899)

  - Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7a has a stack-based buffer overflow in the calc_arrow function in bound.c.
    (CVE-2019-14275)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - transfig: Buffer underwrite in read.c:get_line() via crafted FIG file (CVE-2018-16140)

  - An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-     service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative     font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c. (CVE-2017-16899)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - transfig: Buffer underwrite in read.c:get_line() via crafted FIG file (CVE-2018-16140)

  - An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-     service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative     font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c. (CVE-2017-16899)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This update for transfig fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-16899: Do some input sanitizing when reading     FIG files to avoid crashes (boo#1069257)

This update for transfig fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2017-16899: Fix array index error in the fig2dev     program (bsc#1069257).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for [CVE-2017-16899]

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198694	RHEL 7 : transfig (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
198668	RHEL 5 : transfig (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
198631	RHEL 6 : transfig (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
106922	openSUSE Security Update : transfig (openSUSE-2018-190)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
106437	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : transfig (SUSE-SU-2018:0232-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
106436	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : transfig (SUSE-SU-2018:0231-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
105972	Fedora 27 : 1:transfig (2017-c448cf31d6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
105134	Fedora 26 : 1:transfig (2017-b0b4cc40c1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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