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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2015-0453
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2015-0453
Insight
Insight
A format string vulnerability was found in CmdKeywords function when processing \keywords command in tex file. When the user runs latex2rtf with malicious crafted tex file, an attacker can execute arbitrary code. The variable 'keywords' in the function CmdKeywords may hold a malicious input string, which can be used as a format argument of vsnprintf (CVE-2015-8106).
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.