RHEL 5 : tetex (RHSA-2012:1201)

high Nessus Plugin ID 61653

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1201 advisory.

- t1lib: Heap based buffer overflow in DVI file AFM font parser (CVE-2010-2642)

- xpdf: uninitialized Gfx::parser pointer dereference (CVE-2010-3702)

- xpdf: array indexing error in FoFiType1::parse() (CVE-2010-3704)

- t1lib: Heap-based buffer overflow DVI file AFM font parser (CVE-2011-0433)

- t1lib: Invalid pointer dereference via crafted Type 1 font (CVE-2011-0764)

- t1lib: invalid read crash via crafted Type 1 font (CVE-2011-1552)

- t1lib: Use-after-free via crafted Type 1 font (CVE-2011-1553)

- t1lib: Off-by-one via crafted Type 1 font (CVE-2011-1554)

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-2012:1201.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61653

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1201.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/24/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2642

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3704

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-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:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2642, CVE-2010-3702, CVE-2010-3704, CVE-2011-0433, CVE-2011-0764, CVE-2011-1552, CVE-2011-1553, CVE-2011-1554

BID: 43594, 43841, 43845, 45678, 46941, 47168, 47169

CWE: 122, 193, 416

RHSA: 2012:1201

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