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Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0453)

🗓️ 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'latex2rtf' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0453 advisory. A format string vulnerability was found in CmdKeywords function when processing \keywords command in tex file. An attacker can execute arbitrary code through a crafted tex file

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131135");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8106");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-11-23 05:46:09 +0000 (Mon, 23 Nov 2015)");
  script_version("2024-10-23T05:05:58+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-10-23 05:05:58 +0000 (Wed, 23 Oct 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-04-19 19:23:27 +0000 (Tue, 19 Apr 2016)");

  script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0453)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA5");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2015-0453");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0453.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/16/3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17164");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-8106");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'latex2rtf' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0453 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A format string vulnerability was found in CmdKeywords function when
processing \keywords command in tex file. When the user runs latex2rtf
with malicious crafted tex file, an attacker can execute arbitrary code.
The variable 'keywords' in the function CmdKeywords may hold a malicious
input string, which can be used as a format argument of vsnprintf
(CVE-2015-8106).");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'latex2rtf' package(s) on Mageia 5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "MAGEIA5") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"latex2rtf", rpm:"latex2rtf~2.3.8~3.1.mga5", rls:"MAGEIA5"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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