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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d728cd8be0aa --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200711-26"> + <title>teTeX: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in teTeX, possibly allowing + to execute arbitrary code or overwrite arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tetex</product> + <announced>2007-11-18</announced> + <revised count="01">2007-11-18</revised> + <bug>198238</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/tetex" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">3.0_p1-r6</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">3.0_p1-r6</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + teTeX is a complete TeX distribution for editing documents. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Joachim Schrod discovered several buffer overflow vulnerabilities and + an insecure temporary file creation in the "dvilj" application that is + used by dvips to convert DVI files to printer formats (CVE-2007-5937, + CVE-2007-5936). Bastien Roucaries reported that the "dvips" application + is vulnerable to two stack-based buffer overflows when processing DVI + documents with long \href{} URIs (CVE-2007-5935). teTeX also includes + code from Xpdf that is vulnerable to a memory corruption and two + heap-based buffer overflows (GLSA 200711-22); and it contains code from + T1Lib that is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing an overly + long font filename (GLSA 200710-12). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted + DVI or PDF file which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code + with the privileges of the user running the application. A local + attacker could exploit the "dvilj" vulnerability to conduct a symlink + attack to overwrite arbitrary files. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All teTeX users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/tetex-3.0_p1-r6"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5935">CVE-2007-5935</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5936">CVE-2007-5936</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5937">CVE-2007-5937</uri> + <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-12.xml">GLSA 200710-12</uri> + <uri link="https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-22.xml">GLSA 200711-22</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-11-13T01:13:42Z"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-11-18T21:46:32Z"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |