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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-0650: teTeX: Multiple buffer overflows

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-0650: teTeX: Multiple buffer overflows

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/01/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in the open_sty function in mkind.c for makeindex 2.14 in teTeX might allow user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite files and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: other overflows exist but might not be exploitable, such as a heap-based overflow in the check_idx function.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-text-tetex

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