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

2017-03-0800:00:00
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24

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.009 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.0%

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.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3803. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(97589);
  script_version("3.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10243");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3803");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3803-1 : texlive-base - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/texlive-base"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"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."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:texlive-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/03/08");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"latex-beamer", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"latex-xcolor", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"pgf", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-base", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-fonts-recommended", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-fonts-recommended-doc", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-full", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-generic-recommended", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-latex-base", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-latex-base-doc", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-latex-recommended", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-latex-recommended-doc", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-luatex", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-metapost", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-metapost-doc", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-omega", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-pictures", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-pictures-doc", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"texlive-xetex", reference:"2014.20141024-2+deb8u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxtexlive-basep-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:texlive-base
debiandebian_linux8.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.009 Low

EPSS

Percentile

83.0%