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GLSA-201206-28 : TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59701

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-28 (TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in texlive-core. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 These vulnerabilities might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted DVI file, or cause a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All texlive-core users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/texlive-core-2009-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-28

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59701

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-28.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:texlive-core, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1284, CVE-2010-0739, CVE-2010-0827, CVE-2010-1440

BID: 34332, 39500, 39966, 39971

CWE: 119

GLSA: 201206-28