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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Jan-ake Larsson dvipng 1.11/1.12. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file set.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple array index errors in set.c in dvipng 1.11 and 1.12, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed DVI file.

The weakness was shared 05/07/2010 by Dan Rosenberg as Bug 573999 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0829. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47483 (Fedora 11 : dvipng-1.13-1.fc11 (2010-8279)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155659 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for teTeX (ELSA-2010-0400)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (47483).

Productinfo

Vendor

• Jan-ake Larsson

Name

• dvipng

Version

• 1.11
• 1.12

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 47483
Nessus Name: Fedora 11 : dvipng-1.13-1.fc11 (2010-8279)
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OpenVAS ID: 67402
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2048-1 (dvipng)
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

03/03/2010 🔍
05/06/2010 +64 days 🔍
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07/01/2010 +51 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1722 days 🔍
09/09/2021 +2365 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 573999
Researcher: Dan Rosenberg
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0829 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 25680 - dvipng 1.11 and 1.12 Remote DoS or Code Execution Vulnerability via Malformed DVI File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 39969 - dvipng '.dvi' File Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/09/2021 01:39
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (62), 02/24/2017 10:08 (9), 09/09/2021 01:31 (4), 09/09/2021 01:39 (1)
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