CVE-2010-0739

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0739
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-16 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:05:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tug Tetex All All All All
Application Tug Tetex All All All All
Application Tug Tex Live All All All All
Application Tug Tex Live All All All All

References

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We've got some trouble | 404 - Resource not found MISC git.frugalware.org
We've got some trouble | 404 - Resource not found CONFIRM git.frugalware.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
TeX Live 'dospecial.c' '.dvi' File Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2010-0739 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: texlive-2007-47.fc11 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:012 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-937-1: TeX Live vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bug 572941 – CVE-2010-0739 tetex, texlive: Integer overflow by processing special commands CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Tex Live "predospecial()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:013 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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