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openSUSE Security Update : texlive (openSUSE-2018-1196)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118197

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for texlive fixes the following issue :

 - CVE-2018-17407: Prevent buffer overflow when handling of Type 1 fonts allowed arbitrary code execution when a malicious font was loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex (bsc#1109673).

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

Solution

Update the affected texlive packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109673

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118197

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1196.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2018

Updated: 7/30/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17407

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkpathsea6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dtxgen-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ltximg-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-metafont-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-svn-multi-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-synctex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-autosp-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-synctex-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tie-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvipdfmx-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvidvi-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-epstopdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibtex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dviljk-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latex2man-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibtexu-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latexmk-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tetex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cweb-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdftex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-web-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libptexenc1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latexindent-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texosquery-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dviljk-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-omegaware-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-xdvi-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pedigree-perl-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibtex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cachepic-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-patgen-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-xmltex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvips-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-gregoriotex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvisvgm-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mptopdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ptex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latex2nemeth-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-musixtex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-glossaries-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-musixtnt-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-yplan-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-fontware-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibtex8-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtexlua52-5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-detex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdfbook2-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-srcredact-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texconfig-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibtex8-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ctie-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-match_parens-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-rubik-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-xetex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pst2pdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texlua-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lacheck-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mathspic-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkpathsea6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mkjobtexmf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-velthuis-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latex-papersize-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibexport-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-listbib-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mf2pt1-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-sty2dtx-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-adhocfilelist-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-urlbst-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ptexenc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dtl-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-eplain-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-fontools-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-web-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdflatexpicscale-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ptex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pax-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lcdftypetools-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-de-macro-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-arara-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-fontinst-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-fragmaster-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-autosp-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lwarp-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-listings-ext-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pkfix-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pmx-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-metapost-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pygmentex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texcount-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mflua-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texdoc-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tex4ebook-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-velthuis-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ptex2pdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-perltex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-makedtx-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-gsftopk-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tex4ht-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-accfonts-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lilyglyphs-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-makeindex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-purifyeps-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-seetexk-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ltxfileinfo-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdftools-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ptex-fontmaps-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texfot-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pythontex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtexlua52-5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-convbkmk-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-authorindex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvipng-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-vlna-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-vlna-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-uptex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvicopy-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-biber-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cjkutils-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texware-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdfjam-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsynctex1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-asymptote-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lua2dox-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-makeindex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texdiff-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-context-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bin-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dtl-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texware-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-checkcites-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ebong-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsynctex1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-epspdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-chktex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-synctex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-xdvi-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-make4ht-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-metapost-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-biber, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-m-tx-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-asymptote-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latex-git-log-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pst-pdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-splitindex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tie-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtexluajit2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-detex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdftools-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-a2ping-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ctanify-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latex-bin-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-musixtnt-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-omegaware-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-uplatex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texdef-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pmxchords-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latexdiff-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texliveonfly-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lacheck-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-thumbpdf-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvipng-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pmx-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-typeoutfileinfo-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-chktex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-kpathsea-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-checklistings-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-exceltex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-luatex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tex4ht-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-platex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-kotex-utils-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-tpic2pdftex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cjk-gs-integrate-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-getmap-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-amstex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cslatex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mfware-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pstools-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texdirflatten-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-fontware-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvipos-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latexpand-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtexluajit2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdftex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texloganalyser-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-gsftopk-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-jadetex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-afm2pl-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdfcrop-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pfarrei-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pkfix-helper-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-afm2pl-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mflua-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ps2pk-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-vpe-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lollipop-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dviasm-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvisvgm-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mltex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-uptex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cweb-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvips-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-kpathsea-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-seetexk-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ulqda-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ctie-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-lcdftypetools-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ctanupload-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mkpic-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bibtexu-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-bundledoc-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dviinfox-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-m-tx-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ttfutils-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texsis-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cjkutils-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-findhyph-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-metafont-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-texluajit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-multibibliography-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-latexfileversion-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dosepsbin-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-diadia-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libptexenc1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-aleph-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mkgrkindex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-mfware-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-luaotfload-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pstools-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvicopy-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-luatex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-gregoriotex-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ttfutils-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-pdfxup-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvidvi-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-fig4latex-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-aleph-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-patgen-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-crossrefware-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-csplain-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-kpathsea-bin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-dvipos-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-ps2pk-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-petri-nets-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-cyrillic-bin-bin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:texlive-xetex-bin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17407