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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131135
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0453)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'latex2rtf' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0453 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'latex2rtf' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0453 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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).

Affected Software/OS:
'latex2rtf' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8106
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181677.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181276.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181725.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/16/3
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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