Executive Summary

Summary
Title Tex Live vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3788-1 First vendor Publication 2018-10-11
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-10-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Tex Live.

Software Description: - texlive-bin: TeX Live: path search library for TeX (development part)

Details:

Jakub Wilk discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-5700)

It was discovered that Tex Live incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17407)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: テつ texlive-binariesテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: テつ texlive-binariesテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: テつ texlive-binariesテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: テつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3788-1 テつ CVE-2015-5700, CVE-2018-17407

Package Information: テつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2017.20170613.44572-8ubuntu0.1 テつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2015.20160222.37495-1ubuntu0.1 テつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3788-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
50 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13
Application 5
Os 4
Os 2

Nessusツョ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2018-1959097dfc.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4299.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2018-11-15 21:21:36
  • Multiple Updates
2018-10-24 17:21:46
  • Multiple Updates
2018-10-11 21:19:15
  • First insertion