Gentoo GLSA-201206-28 Normal: TeX Live Arbitrary Code Execution
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June 25, 2012
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in texlive-core, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in texlive-core. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All texlive-core users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/texlive-core-2009-r2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1284 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1284 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-0739 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0739 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-0827 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0827 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-1440 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1440
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-28
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: TeX Live: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 25, 2012
Bugs: #264598, #324019
ID: 201206-28
Background
TeX Live is a complete TeX distribution.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/texlive-core < 2009-r2 >= 2009-r2
Impact
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These vulnerabilities might allow user-assisted remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via a specially-crafted DVI file, or cause a
Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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