RHEL 4 : tetex (RHSA-2005:026)

high Nessus Plugin ID 17338

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for tetex.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:026 advisory.

The tetex packages (teTeX) contain an implementation of TeX for Linux or UNIX systems.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Gfx::doImage function of Xpdf which also affects teTeX due to a shared codebase. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause teTeX to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function of Xpdf which also affects teTeX due to a shared codebase. An attacker could construct a carefully crafted PDF file that could cause teTeX to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0064 to this issue.

Users should update to these erratum packages which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL tetex package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:026.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17338

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-026.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/16/2005

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2004-1125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0064

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-afm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-fonts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-dvips, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-latex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-xdvi

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1125, CVE-2005-0064

RHSA: 2005:026

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