Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | New tetex-lib packages fix arbitrary command execution |
Informations | |||
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Name | DSA-207 | First vendor Publication | 2002-12-11 |
Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2002-12-11 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
The SuSE security team discovered a vulnerability in kpathsea library (libkpathsea) which is used by xdvi and dvips. Both programs call the system() function insecurely, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via cleverly crafted DVI files. If dvips is used in a print filter, this allows a local or remote attacker with print permission execute arbitrary code as the printer user (usually lp). This problem has been fixed in version 1.0.7+20011202-7.1for the current stable distribution (woody), in version 1.0.6-7.3 for the old stable distribution (potato) and in version 1.0.7+20021025-4 for the unstable distribution (sid). xdvik-ja and dvipsk-ja are vulnerable as well, but link to the kpathsea library dynamically and will automatically be fixed after a new libkpathsea is installed. We recommend that you upgrade your tetex-lib package immediately. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato |
Original Source
Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-207 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 207-1 (tetex-bin) File : nvt/deb_207_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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4526 | teTeX dvips Command Execution |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-207.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2002-070.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2002-071.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2004-07-06 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2002-195.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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