PT-2007-6868 · Tex+1 · Tetex+3

Lubomir Kundrak · Published 2007-11-13 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-5935

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions teTeX versions prior to 2007 TeXlive versions prior to 2007

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the hpc.c file of dvips, which can be exploited by user-assisted attackers. This can be achieved through a DVI file containing a long href tag, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For teTeX versions prior to 2007, update to a version newer than 2007. For TeXlive versions prior to 2007, update to a version newer than 2007.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5935

DTSA-97-1

RHSA-2010:0399

RHSA-2010:0401

RHSA-2010_0399

Affected Products

Red Hat

Tex Live

Dvips

Tetex

References · 82

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447081 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04167 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5935 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02169 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5935 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00993 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00992 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04165 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06216 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27672 · Vendor Advisory