A buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() (read.c) in fig2dev 3.2.7a allows an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via a crafted .fig file.

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 8 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)

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

  - read_textobject in read.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b has a stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect     sscanf. (CVE-2019-19555)

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 :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-14275: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow in the calc_arrow function (bsc#1143650).

CVE-2018-16140: Fixed a buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() in read.c, which allowed an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via specially crafted .fig file (bsc#1106531)

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.

Several issues have been found in transfig, a XFig figure files converter.

CVE-2018-16140

Buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() allows an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via a crafted .fig file.

CVE-2019-14275

Stack-based buffer overflow in the calc_arrow function in bound.c.

CVE-2019-19555

Stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1:3.2.5.e-4+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your transfig packages.

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

This update for transfig fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2018-16140: Fixed a buffer underwrite vulnerability     in get_line() in read.c, which allowed an attacker to     write prior to the beginning of the buffer via specially     crafted .fig file (bsc#1106531)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

It was discovered that transfig incorrectly handled certain FIG files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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
198692	RHEL 8 : 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
138312	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : transfig (SUSE-SU-2020:1806-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
133150	Debian DLA-2073-1 : transfig security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
125455	openSUSE Security Update : transfig (openSUSE-2019-1455)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117356	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : transfig vulnerability (USN-3760-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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