Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2010-1440 First vendor Publication 2010-05-07
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1440

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10068
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10068
Title: Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.
Description: Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-1440
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22251
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22251
Title: RHSA-2010:0400: tetex security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2010:0400-01
CESA-2010:0400
CVE-2009-0146
CVE-2009-0147
CVE-2009-0166
CVE-2009-0195
CVE-2009-0791
CVE-2009-0799
CVE-2009-0800
CVE-2009-1179
CVE-2009-1180
CVE-2009-1181
CVE-2009-1182
CVE-2009-1183
CVE-2009-3608
CVE-2009-3609
CVE-2010-0739
CVE-2010-0829
CVE-2010-1440
Version: 224
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Product(s): tetex
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23168
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23168
Title: ELSA-2010:0400: tetex security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2010:0400-01
CVE-2009-0146
CVE-2009-0147
CVE-2009-0166
CVE-2009-0195
CVE-2009-0791
CVE-2009-0799
CVE-2009-0800
CVE-2009-1179
CVE-2009-1180
CVE-2009-1181
CVE-2009-1182
CVE-2009-1183
CVE-2009-3608
CVE-2009-3609
CVE-2010-0739
CVE-2010-0829
CVE-2010-1440
Version: 73
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): tetex
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 13

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-10 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-28 (TeX Live)
File : nvt/glsa_201206_28.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for tetex CESA-2010:0400 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0400_tetex_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : Fedora Update for texlive FEDORA-2010-8242
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_8242_texlive_fc12.nasl
2010-05-28 Name : Fedora Update for texlive FEDORA-2010-8273
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_8273_texlive_fc11.nasl
2010-05-17 Name : CentOS Update for tetex CESA-2010:0399 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0399_tetex_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-05-17 Name : CentOS Update for tetex CESA-2010:0401 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0401_tetex_centos3_i386.nasl
2010-05-17 Name : Mandriva Update for tetex MDVSA-2010:094 (tetex)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_094.nasl
2010-05-07 Name : RedHat Update for tetex RHSA-2010:0399-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0399-01_tetex.nasl
2010-05-07 Name : RedHat Update for tetex RHSA-2010:0400-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0400-01_tetex.nasl
2010-05-07 Name : RedHat Update for tetex RHSA-2010:0401-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0401-01_tetex.nasl
2010-05-07 Name : Ubuntu Update for texlive-bin vulnerabilities USN-937-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_937_1.nasl
2010-03-12 Name : Mandriva Update for nufw MDVA-2010:094 (nufw)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_094.nasl
2010-03-12 Name : Mandriva Update for mmc-wizard MDVA-2010:096 (mmc-wizard)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_096.nasl
2010-03-12 Name : Mandriva Update for mmc-wizard MDVA-2010:096-1 (mmc-wizard)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVA_2010_096_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
64388 Tex Live dospecial.c bbdospecial() Function DVI File Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0399.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0400.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100506_tetex_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100506_tetex_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100506_tetex_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201206-28.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_te_ams-7020.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-12-02 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_texlive-100504.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-8242.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-8273.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-8314.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-01 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0400.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_texlive-100503.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_2_texlive-100504.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_texlive-100503.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-13 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0399.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0400.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0399.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-937-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586819
FEDORA http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041573.html
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1

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