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Debian DSA-5406-1 : texlive-bin - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 176150

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5406 advisory.

 - LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5. (CVE-2023-32700)

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

Solution

Upgrade the texlive-bin packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/texlive-bin

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5406

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32700

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/texlive-bin

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176150

File Name: debian_DSA-5406.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2023

Updated: 8/2/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32700

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:debian:debian_linux:libsynctex-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsynctex2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libptexenc1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtexluajit2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtexlua53, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libptexenc-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtexlua53-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:texlive-binaries, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkpathsea6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libkpathsea-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtexluajit-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32700