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Ubuntu 18.10 : Tex Live-bin vulnerability (USN-3788-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118358

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-3788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tex Live. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.10

It was discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-17407).

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.

Solution

Update the affected texlive-binaries package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118358

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3788-2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2018

Updated: 5/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texlive-binaries, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17407

USN: 3788-2