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Debian DSA-3803-1 : texlive-base - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97589

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that texlive-base, the TeX Live package which provides the essential TeX programs and files, whitelists mpost as an external program to be run from within the TeX source code (called \write18). Since mpost allows to specify other programs to be run, an attacker can take advantage of this flaw for arbitrary code execution when compiling a TeX document.

Solution

Upgrade the texlive-base packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2014.20141024-2+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2016.20161130-1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/texlive-base

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97589

File Name: debian_DSA-3803.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:texlive-base, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10243

DSA: 3803