Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | TeX Live vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3401-1 | First vendor Publication | 2017-08-22 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2017-08-22 |
| 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: TeX Live could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - texlive-base: TeX Live: Essential programs and files Details: It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain system commands. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted TeX file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ texlive-base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 ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ texlive-latex-base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 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ texlive-base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 ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ texlive-latex-base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 2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: ﾃつ https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3401-1 ﾃつ CVE-2016-10243 Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1 |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3401-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Os | 2 | |
| Os | 2 |
Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 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
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2017-08-24 13:25:06 |
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| 2017-08-22 17:22:30 |
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