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

  - 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 relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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
221084	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16899	Nessus	Misc.	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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