Executive Summary
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Title | Kpathsea: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code |
Informations | |||
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Name | GLSA-201709-07 | First vendor Publication | 2017-09-17 |
Vendor | Gentoo | Last vendor Modification | 2017-09-17 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Synopsis A vulnerability in Kpathsea allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating the -tex option from mpost program. Background Description Impact Workaround Resolution Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages. References Availability https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07 |
Original Source
Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201709-07.xml |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 | |
Os | 2 | |
Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2017-09-18 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201709-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-08-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-3401-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-07-17 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-a8add6c46c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-03-30 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-b72cafa5b4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-03-09 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-847.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-03-08 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3803.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2017-09-19 13:25:09 |
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2017-09-17 21:23:28 |
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