Tug TeX Live up to 2004 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Tug TeX Live up to 2004. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-1440. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tug TeX Live up to 2004 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple integer overflows in dvipsk/dospecial.c in dvips in TeX Live 2009 and earlier, and teTeX, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a special command in a DVI file, related to the (1) predospecial and (2) bbdospecial functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0739.

The weakness was disclosed 05/07/2010 by Marc Schoenefeld as Bug 586819 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1440. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46257 (CentOS 4 : tetex (CESA-2010:0399)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118280 (Fedora Update for texlive (FEDORA-2010-8314)).

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 databases at Tenable (46257), SecurityFocus (BID 39966†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25746†). The entries VDB-53083 and VDB-52796 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 46257
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : tetex (CESA-2010:0399)
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OpenVAS ID: 880396
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for tetex CESA-2010:0399 centos4 i386
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04/15/2010 🔍
05/06/2010 +21 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1768 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 586819
Researcher: Marc Schoenefeld
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1440 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1440
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53087

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SecurityFocus: 39966 - TeX Live '.dvi' File Parsing Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25746 - TeX Live and teTeX Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability due to Multiple Integer Overflows, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/09/2021 02:17
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 02/24/2017 11:04 (9), 09/09/2021 02:10 (4), 09/09/2021 02:17 (1)
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