Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201206-28 First vendor Publication 2012-06-25
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2012-06-25
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

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

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in texlive-core, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

TeX Live is a complete TeX distribution.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in texlive-core. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

These vulnerabilities might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially-crafted DVI file, or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All texlive-core users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/texlive-core-2009-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1284 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1284
[ 2 ] CVE-2010-0739 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0739
[ 3 ] CVE-2010-0827 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0827
[ 4 ] CVE-2010-1440 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1440

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
75 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)
25 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10052
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10052
Title: Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.
Description: Integer overflow in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted virtual font (VF) file associated with a DVI file.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-0827
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
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:11468
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11468
Title: Integer overflow in the predospecial function in dospecial.c in dvips in (1) TeX Live and (2) teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Description: Integer overflow in the predospecial function in dospecial.c in dvips in (1) TeX Live and (2) teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-0739
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:13403
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13403
Title: USN-937-1 -- texlive-bin vulnerabilities
Description: It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain long .bib bibliography files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted bib file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 9.04 and 9.10. Marc Schoenefeld, Karel Šrot and Ludwig Nussel discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain malformed dvi files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted dvi file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Dan Rosenberg discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain malformed dvi files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted dvi file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-937-1
CVE-2009-1284
CVE-2010-0739
CVE-2010-1440
CVE-2010-0827
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 9.10
Product(s): texlive-bin
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 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
2009-11-17 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-10730 (texlive)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_10730.nasl
2009-11-17 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-10857 (texlive)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_10857.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
64389 Tex Live Unspecified DVI File Handling Issue

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

63808 Tex Live dospecial.c predospecial() Function DVI File Handling Overflow

53562 BibTeX BIB 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_0_texlive-100503.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
2010-05-13 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-2010-0400.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
2010-05-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0399.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-937-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-10857.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-10730.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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