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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1917-1 (mimetex)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to mimetex announced via advisory DSA 1917-1.
Insight
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mimetex, a lightweight alternative to MathML. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-1382 Chris Evans and Damien Miller, discovered multiple stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could execute arbitrary code via a TeX file with long picture, circle, input tags. CVE-2009-2459 Chris Evans discovered that mimeTeX contained certain directives that may be unsuitable for handling untrusted user input. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive information. For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.50-1+etch1. Due to a bug in the archive system, the fix for the stable distribution (lenny) will be released as version 1.50-1+lenny1 once it is available. For the testing distribution (squeeze), and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.50-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your mimetex packages.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201917-1