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Fedora 11: 2009-10171 Critical: Mimetex Buffer Overflow Patch

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The patch resolves a security flaw in mimetex on Fedora 11 and outlines the installation procedure.
- Fixes a buffer-overflow as detailed in #511049

Summary

MimeTeX lets you easily embed LaTeX math in your html pages. It parses a LaTeX

math expression and immediately emits the corresponding gif image, rather than

the usual TeX dvi. And mimeTeX is an entirely separate little program that

doesn't use TeX or its fonts in any way.

Update Information:

- Fixes a buffer-overflow as detailed in #511049. - Updates to 1.7.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update Fedora patch memory leak mimetex

Change Log

* Thu Oct 1 2009 Jorge Torres - 1.71-1 - Update to 1.71 * Sat Jul 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.60-7 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #511049 - CVE-2009-1382 CVE-2009-2459 mimeTeX: various flaws https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511049

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mimetex' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: mimetex
Product: Fedora 11
Version: 1.71
Release: 1.fc11
URL: Summary : Easily embed LaTeX math in web pages

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow software update Fedora patch memory leak mimetex

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