Bug 1222126 (CVE-2023-46048)

Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2023-46048: texlive: NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c
Product: [Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents Reporter: SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component: IncidentsAssignee: Security Team bot <security-team>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity: Minor    
Priority: P4 - Low CC: carlos.lopez, werner
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/399118/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-46048:3.3:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Found By: Security Response Team Services Priority:
Business Priority: Blocker: ---
Marketing QA Status: --- IT Deployment: ---
Attachments: source-CVE-2023-46048.patch

Description SMASH SMASH 2024-03-28 12:17:12 UTC 
Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-46048
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46048
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/65
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049400.html
Comment 2 Dr. Werner Fink 2024-03-28 14:04:51 UTC 
TeXLive 2024 is save
Comment 3 Dr. Werner Fink 2024-04-02 12:58:49 UTC 
Created attachment 873999 [details]
source-CVE-2023-46048.patch

NO idea if this compiles but it fixes all writet1.c files I found
Comment 7 Maintenance Automation 2024-04-15 20:30:06 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2024:1296-1: An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Category: security (low)
Bug References: 1222126
CVE References: CVE-2023-46048
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:33324](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/33324/)
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (src):
 texlive-2013.20130620-22.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (src):
 texlive-2013.20130620-22.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (src):
 texlive-2013.20130620-22.11.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (src):
 texlive-2013.20130620-22.11.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 8 Maintenance Automation 2024-04-16 12:30:05 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2024:1310-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (low)
Bug References: 1222126, 1222127
CVE References: CVE-2023-46048, CVE-2023-46051
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:33218](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/33218/)
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src):
 texlive-2021.20210325-150400.31.6.4
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src):
 texlive-2021.20210325-150400.31.6.4
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src):
 texlive-2021.20210325-150400.31.6.4
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP5 (src):
 texlive-2021.20210325-150400.31.6.4

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.