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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2007-5937

Modified

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-13 Nov, 2007 | 22:46

Updated At-15 Oct, 2018 | 21:47

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

tetex>>tetex>>*

cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

tug>>texlive_2007>>*

cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-119	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

Vendor Statements

Organization : Red Hat

Last Modified : 2010-05-06T00:00:00

Not vulnerable. teTeX is packaged without the dviljk binary in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making it impossible to exploit this flaw. We are however including this fix in RHSA-2010:0399, RHSA-2010:0400, and RHSA-2010:0401 in the event the binary is shipped in the future.

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/27672	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27686	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27718	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27743	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27967	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28107	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30168	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058	cve@mitre.org	N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896	cve@mitre.org	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368641	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/	cve@mitre.org	N/A
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html	cve@mitre.org	N/A

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