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rPath Security Advisory 2008-0007-1

Published: 2008-01-04

Products

  • rPath Linux 1

Rating

Minor

Exposure Level Classification

Indirect User Deterministic Unauthorized Access

Updated Versions

  • tetex=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.10-1
  • tetex-afm=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.10-1
  • tetex-dvips=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.10-1
  • tetex-fonts=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.10-1
  • tetex-latex=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.10-1
  • tetex-xdvi=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.10-1

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References

Description

Previous versions of the tetex package are vulnerable to an Arbitrary
Code Execution attack in which user-assisted attackers can use malformed
font data to cause a buffer overflow in applications that use t1lib.

Copyright 2008 rPath, Inc. This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License. A copy is available at http://www.rpath.com/permanent/mit-license.html