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CVE-2007-5937

Multiple buffer overflows in dvi2xx.c in dviljk in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DVI input file.

Published

2007-11-13T22:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tetex	tetex	*	Yes
Application	tug	texlive_2007	*	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27672 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27686 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27718 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27743 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27967 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28107 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/30168 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368641 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/ ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27672 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27686 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27718 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27743 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27967 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28107 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30168 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368641 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)