6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.3%
Nick Roessler from the University of Pennsylvania has found a buffer overflow in texlive-bin, the executables for TexLive, the popular distribution of TeX document production system.
This buffer overflow can be used for arbitrary code execution by crafting a special type1 font (.pfb) and provide it to users running pdf(la)tex, dvips or luatex in a way that the font is loaded.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4299. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(117674);
script_version("1.4");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/16 15:19:25");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17407");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4299");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4299-1 : texlive-bin - 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:
"Nick Roessler from the University of Pennsylvania has found a buffer
overflow in texlive-bin, the executables for TexLive, the popular
distribution of TeX document production system.
This buffer overflow can be used for arbitrary code execution by
crafting a special type1 font (.pfb) and provide it to users running
pdf(la)tex, dvips or luatex in a way that the font is loaded."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=909317"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/texlive-bin"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/texlive-bin"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4299"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the texlive-bin packages.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:texlive-bin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/25");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 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:"9.0", prefix:"libkpathsea-dev", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libkpathsea6", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libptexenc-dev", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libptexenc1", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libsynctex-dev", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libsynctex1", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libtexlua52", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libtexlua52-dev", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libtexluajit-dev", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libtexluajit2", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"texlive-binaries", reference:"2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | texlive-bin | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:texlive-bin |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0 |
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
61.3%