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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66261
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-10857 (texlive)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to texlive;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-10857.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to texlive
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-10857.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
ChangeLog:

* Fri Oct 23 2009 Jindrich Novy 2007-46

- add missing dependency on kpathsea

* Thu Oct 15 2009 Jindrich Novy 2007-45

- make kpathsea not dependent on texlive

- fix lacheck again (#451513)

- fix dvips configuration (#467542)

- update kpathsea description and summary (#519257)

- use upstream patch to fix pool overflow CVE-2009-1284 (#492136)

- don't complain if the pdvipsk hunks touching config.ps don't apply

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update texlive' at the command line.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1284
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
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