CentOS 3 : tetex (CESA-2005:354)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 21809

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated tetex packages that fix several integer overflows are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for Linux or UNIX systems. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input and creates a typesetter-independent .dvi (DeVice Independent) file as output.

A number of security flaws have been found affecting libraries used internally within teTeX. An attacker who has the ability to trick a user into processing a malicious file with teTeX could cause teTeX to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

A number of integer overflow bugs that affect Xpdf were discovered.
The teTeX package contains a copy of the Xpdf code used for parsing PDF files and is therefore affected by these bugs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-0888 and CVE-2004-1125 to these issues.

A number of integer overflow bugs that affect libtiff were discovered.
The teTeX package contains an internal copy of libtiff used for parsing TIFF image files and is therefore affected by these bugs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2004-0803, CVE-2004-0804 and CVE-2004-0886 to these issues.

Also latex2html is added to package tetex-latex for 64bit platforms.

Users of teTeX should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected tetex packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 21809

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-354.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex-dvips, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex-afm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex-fonts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex-latex, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex-xdvi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tetex

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0803, CVE-2004-0804, CVE-2004-0886, CVE-2004-0888, CVE-2004-1125

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2005:354

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