PT-2009-3901 · Mathtex · Mathtex

Damien Miller · Published 2009-07-14 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-1383

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dpi tag, specifically within the getdirective function in mathtex.cgi.

Recommendations For versions prior to 20090713, update to a version released after 20090713 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1383

Affected Products

Mathtex

References · 10

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1383 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1383 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1383 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html · Note
• http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795 · Note