PT-2009-1036 · Mimetex+1 · Mimetex+1

Chris Evans · Published 2009-07-14 · Updated 2024-08-15 · CVE-2009-2459

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mimetex versions prior to 20090713

Description The issue concerns multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in mimetex. These vulnerabilities are related to the environ, input, and counter TeX directives and may allow for remote exploitation, potentially leading to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20090713, update to a version released after 20090713 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the environ, input, and counter TeX directives until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3206

ALT-PU-2020-3220

ALT-PU-2024-11127

BDU:2015-03488

CVE-2009-2459

DSA-1917-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mimetex

References · 18

• 🔥 http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-009.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2459 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35752 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2459 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1382 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2024-11127 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2459 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2459 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039314.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2459 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03488 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3220 · Vendor Advisory
• http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578 · Note