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Fedora Core 2 : tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 / tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 (2004-584)

high Nessus Plugin ID 16098

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora Core host is missing one or more security updates :

tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 :

The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1125 to this issue.

tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 - with correct md5sums :

The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1125 to this issue.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?658f0f52

http://www.nessus.org/u?3528743b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16098

File Name: fedora_2004-584.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2005

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-latex, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:2, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-fonts, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-doc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-dvips, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-afm, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:tetex-xdvi

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1125

CWE: 20

FEDORA: 2004-584