RHEL 4 / 5 : tetex (RHSA-2007:0731)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25829

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for tetex.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2007:0731 advisory.

- xpdf integer overflow (CVE-2007-3387)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2007:0731.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d827ac70

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248194

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0731

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25829

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0731.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2007

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-afm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-dvilj, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-dvips, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-fonts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-latex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tetex-xdvi, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3387

BID: 25124

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2007:0731