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TencentOS Server 3: aspell (TSSA-2026:1396)

🗓️ 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Heap-based buffer overflow in TencentOS Server 3 aspell read-only dictionary loader.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Tencent Linux Security Advisory TSSA-2026:1396.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(379319);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/11/13");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-103658");

  script_name(english:"TencentOS Server 3: aspell (TSSA-2026:1396)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote TencentOS Server 3 host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is,
therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2026:1396 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2026-103658:
    GNU Aspell 0.60.8.2 (first vulnerable version is not known) contains a heap-based buffer overflow write
    (CWE-122) in its read-only dictionary loader. String::reserve() in common/string.hpp computes its capacity
    check with a signed int ((int)s + 1), so a requested size of 0x7FFFFFFF wraps negative and the backing
    buffer is never grown. ReadOnlyDict::load() in modules/speller/default/readonly_ws.cpp passes the
    unvalidated 32-bit size fields from a .rws dictionary header into this path, so a crafted .rws file with a
    valid endian marker (12345678) and an oversized length field (e.g. lang_name_size = 0x7FFFFFFF) causes
    attacker-controlled data to be written out of bounds past an undersized heap allocation. An attacker who
    induces a victim to load a malicious dictionary  for example via aspell dump master <file>  can
    corrupt heap memory, resulting in denial of service and potentially code execution. Fixed in b830b6e and
    will be fixed in release 0.60.8.3.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20261396.xml");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-103658");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/10/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/10/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/11/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:aspell");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tencent Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/etc/os-release", "Host/TencentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'TencentOS' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'TencentOS');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'TencentOS');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'TencentOS 3.x', 'TencentOS ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/TencentOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'TencentOS', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '3',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'aspell-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-debuginfo-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-debugsource-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-devel-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'},
      {'reference':'aspell-devel-0.60.6.1-23.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'12'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'aspell / aspell-debuginfo / aspell-debugsource / etc');
}

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13 Nov 2026 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 3.15.9
EPSS0.00213
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